A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla — John Shaqi
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
_Description._--The following description is based on KU 58069 from
6.2 kilometers south of Rayon Mescalapa, Chiapas, Mexico (Pl. 17).
Adult male having a snout-vent length of 27.6 mm.; tibia length, 13.0
mm.; tibia length/snout-vent length, 47.1 per cent; foot length, 10.8
mm.; head length, 9.6 mm.; head length/snout-vent length, 34.7 per
cent; head width, 9.2 mm.; head width/snout-vent length, 33.1 per
cent; diameter of eye, 3.0 mm.; diameter of tympanum, 1.6 mm.;
tympanum/eye, 53.3 per cent. Snout in lateral profile nearly square,
slightly rounded above and below, and in dorsal profile blunt, almost
square; canthus pronounced; loreal region concave; lips thick, rounded
and flaring; nostrils protuberant; internarial distance, 2.5 mm.;
internarial region slightly depressed; top of head flat; interorbital
distance, 3.3 mm., much greater than width of eyelid, 2.5 mm. Thin
dermal fold, from posterior corner of eye above tympanum to insertion
of fore limb, covering upper edge of tympanum; tympanum nearly round,
its diameter equal to its distance from eye. Forearm slender, lacking
distinct fold on wrist; row of low, rounded tubercles on ventrolateral
surface of forearm; pollex slightly enlarged, without nuptial spines;
second and fourth fingers equal in length; subarticular tubercles
round, that under fourth finger bifid; discs small, that of third
finger noticeably smaller than tympanum; no web between first and
second fingers; vestige of web between other fingers. Heels
overlapping when hind limbs adpressed; tibiotarsal articulation
reaches to middle of eye; no tarsal fold; inner metatarsal tubercle
large, flat, and elliptical; outer metatarsal tubercle small,
elliptical, slightly more distal than inner; subarticular tubercles
round; length of digits from shortest to longest 1-2-5-3-4; third and
fifth toes webbed to base of disc; fourth toe webbed to base of
penultimate phalanx; discs smaller on toes than on fingers. Anal
opening directed posteriorly at upper edge of thighs; no anal flap;
pair of large tubercles below anal opening. Skin of dorsum and of
ventral surfaces of forelimbs and shanks smooth; that of throat,
belly, and ventral surfaces of thighs granular. Ventrolateral glands
well developed, not reaching axilla or groin and broadly separated
midventrally. Tongue cordiform, shallowly notched behind and only
slightly free posteriorly; vomerine teeth 2-3, situated on small
triangular elevations between ovoid inner nares; openings to vocal sac
large, one situated along inner posterior edge of each mandibular
ramus.
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