A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus OsteocephalusDuellman, William Edward
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A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus
Duellman, William Edward
Frogs -- Ecuador; Osteocephalus
_Remarks._--In life the dorsum is green with dark markings. A male (KU
123171) from Santa Cecilia, Ecuador, was: "Dorsum green with dark brown
blotches. Anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs dull blue. Venter
brown, flecked with white. Iris greenish bronze with brown horizontal
triangles and ventromedian brown line." (W. E. Duellman, field notes, 16
June 1968.) A female (KU 126646) from Lago Agrio, Ecuador, was: "Dorsum
pale green with darker green blotches and creamy yellow middorsal
stripe. Lateral blotches bronze-tan. Flanks tan with black blotches.
Anterior surfaces of thighs dark brown. Dorsal and posterior surfaces of
thighs and shanks tan with dark brown blotches. Webbing brown.
Suborbital spot green. Postorbital bar black. Belly grayish brown in
appearance--tips of granules white; intergranular spaces brown. Iris
golden bronze with black flecks peripherally and median, horizontal,
reddish brown streak." (W. E. Duellman, field notes, 12 May 1969.)
No ontogenetic change in coloration has been noted.
=Osteocephalus leprieurii= (Dumeril and Bibron)
_Hyla leprieurii_ Dumeril and Bibron, 1841:553 [Holotype.--MNHN
4629 from "Cayenne"; Mons. Leprieur collector].
_Hypsiboas leprieurii_--Cope, 1867:200.
_Hyla leprieurii britti_ Melin, 1941:42 [Holotype.--NHMG 489 from
the Rio Uaupes, north of the Rio Japu, Territorio do Amazonas,
Brasil; Douglas Melin collector]. New synonymy.
_Hyla leprieurii leprieurii_--Melin, 1941:42.
_Osteocephalus britti_--Goin, 1961:13.
_Osteocephalus leprieurii_--Goin, 1961:13.
_Justification of Synonymy._--The holotype of _Hyla leprieurii_ is a
female having a snout-vent length of 46.6 mm. The diameter of the
tympanum is 3.7 mm, 69.8 percent of the diameter of the eye. The dorsal
roofing bones are smooth, and the skin on the dorsum is smooth. The
penultimate phalanges of the fingers are not included in the webbing.
When we examined the specimen on 2 July 1969, it was slightly soft and
somewhat faded to a peculiar grayish green color with faint darker
transverse bars on the limbs. Dumeril and Bibron (1841:554) described
the coloration, as follows: "The loreal region is black. A stripe of the
same color extends from the posterior border of the orbit to the corner
of the mouth, passing through the tympanum. All of the dorsal parts are
grayish white with large transverse brown bands, which are more expanded
and less regularly outlined on the back than on the limbs. There is one
of these on the occiput that is in a triangular shape. All of the venter
is white." (Free translation from French.)
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