A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus PtychohylaDuellman, William Edward
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A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Central America; Amphibians -- Mexico; Ptychohyla
Belly grayish green with brown mottling; a large tubercle at
each end of first lower tooth-row _P. ignicolor_
4. Tooth-rows 4/6; cream-colored crescent-shaped mark on
posterior part of body bordered posteriorly by large brown
mark 5
Tooth-rows usually 4/7 (sometimes 4/6); cream-colored
crescent-shaped mark on posterior part of body usually
indistinct, not bordered posteriorly by large brown mark
_P. spinipollex_
5. Caudal musculature uniformly flecked with brown; lower
tooth-rows 1-4 about equal in length to upper rows
_P. euthysanota euthysanota_
Caudal musculature having brown square blotches dorsally on
anterior one-half of tail; lower tooth-rows 1-4 usually
slightly shorter than upper rows 6
6. Dorsal caudal blotches well defined and extending onto sides
of tail; moderately large brown flecks on caudal fin; eye in
life pale reddish brown _P. leonhardschultzei_
Dorsal caudal blotches faint, not extending onto sides of
tail; small brown flecks on caudal fin; eye in life silvery
bronze _P. euthysanota macrotympanum_
The _Ptychohyla euthysanota_ Group
Three species in group; adults having moderate amount of webbing
between fingers, and tarsal fold; breeding males having spinous,
horny, nuptial tuberosities on pollex; mouths of tadpoles having
lateral folds in lips and 4/6 or 4/7 tooth-rows; breeding call
consisting of one long note.
=Ptychohyla euthysanota=
_Diagnosis._--Rostral keel absent; nuptial spines in males small;
interorbital region much wider than eyelid.
[Illustration: PLATE 12
_Ptychohyla euthysanota euthysanota_ (KU 58008). x 2.]
=Ptychohyla euthysanota euthysanota= (Kellogg)
_Hyla euthysanota_ Kellogg, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
41:123-124, June 29, 1928 [Holotype.--USNM 73296 from Los
Esemiles, Depto. Chalatenango, El Salvador; Ruben A. Stirton
collector]. Mertens, Senckenbergiana, 33:169-171, June 15,
1952; Abhand. Senckenbergische Naturf. Gesell., 487:29,
December 1, 1952. Stuart, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 67:169,
August 5, 1954.
_Hyla rozellae_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 28:78-80, pl. 9,
fig. 1, May 15, 1942 [Holotype.--USNM 115039 from Salto de
Agua, Chiapas, Mexico; Hobart M. and Rozella Smith
collectors]. Taylor and Smith, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 95:587,
June 30, 1945. Smith and Taylor, Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus.,
194:86, June 17, 1948. Stuart, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
67:169, August 5, 1954.
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