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
Dorsal ground-color of head, body, and limbs grayish tan with dark
brown reticulations on head and body and dark brown transverse bars or
spots on limbs; first and second fingers cream color; third and fourth
fingers and webbing on hands pale grayish brown; anterior surfaces of
thighs reddish tan; posterior surfaces of thighs yellowish tan; tarsi
and toes pale grayish tan with brown flecks; webbing on foot pale
brown; faint white stripe along ventrolateral edges of tarsi and
forearms; narrow white line above and beside anal opening; no white
stripe on edge of upper lip; axilla pale flesh-color; throat, chest,
and ventral surfaces of limbs pale creamy gray; belly white with
scattered brown flecks; flanks grayish white with dark brown flecks;
ventral surfaces of tarsi dark brown; ventrolateral glands grayish
tan.
In life the dorsal ground-color of the head, body, fore limbs, and
thighs was yellowish tan (Pinkish Buff); dorsal surfaces of shanks and
tarsi pale yellowish tan (Pale Pinkish Buff); markings on head and
back brown (Snuff Brown) to dark brown (Chocolate); dark bands on
limbs brown (Tawny-Olive); first and second fingers creamy tan (Light
Pinkish Cinnamon); posterior surfaces of thighs creamy tan (Light
Pinkish Cinnamon); third and fourth fingers and webbing on hand
grayish brown (Avellaneous); webbing on feet dark brown (Olive Brown);
axilla pale pink (Hydrangea Pink); flanks buff (Cream-Buff) becoming
yellow (Lemon Chrome) in groin; spots on flanks dark brown (Clove
Brown); iris dull grayish bronze (Orange-Citrine).
_Variation._--The distal subarticular tubercle beneath the fourth
finger is bifid in about two-thirds of the specimens; in the rest it
is round. The posterior edge of the tongue varies from being
emarginate to shallowly notched. In most specimens the row of
tubercles along the outer edge of the tarsus is made up of discrete
tubercles, but in some individuals the tubercles form a nearly
continuous dermal fold. Most specimens have the vomerine teeth
situated on V-shaped elevations, but in some individuals the
elevations are more nearly transversely situated between the inner
nares.
All 42 specimens from Finca Los Alpes, Guatemala, have dark brown
spots and flecks on the venter. Some individuals have only a few
flecks on the throat and a few large spots on the flanks, as does KU
64125. Other specimens, such as KU 64132, have dense spotting over the
entire venter. The color of the dorsum varies from pale tan to dark
brown with darker brown markings; the white line above the anus is
present in all specimens, but in some it is indistinct. KU 58053 and
64127 have a dark brown dorsum with large pale tan, square blotches;
in life the blotches were pale tan (Pinkish Buff); the rest of the
dorsum was dark brown (Sayal Brown). KU 58052 is dark brown with many
small white flecks on the dorsum; in life the dorsum was deep olive
brown (Dark Olive).
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