A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus CopeLynch, John D.
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A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope
Lynch, John D.
Frogs; Syrrhophus
Males lacking vocal slits; dorsum flecked, spotted, or
blotched; diameter of tympanum in male about three-fourths
that of eye _S. longipes_
4. First finger longer than second 5
First finger shorter than or equal to second 7
5. Venter smooth; dorsum spotted or vermiculate _S. leprus_
Venter areolate, or if smooth, dorsum flecked and interorbital
bar lacking 6
6. Venter areolate; interorbital bar present; ground color
yellowish _S. cystignathoides cystignathoides_
Venter smooth; interorbital bar absent; ground color
brown _S. cystignathoides campi_
7. First finger shorter than second; digital tips only slightly
dilated; green in life with darker green spots _S. verrucipes_
First finger equal to second; digital tips slightly to moderately
expanded 8
8. Dorsum vermiculate; interorbital bar present; ground color
cream to brown in life _S. guttilatus_
Dorsum punctate or flecked; interorbital bar absent;
ground color green in life _S. marnockii_
9. Dorsum dark with pale (red in life) spots; digital pads
not expanded _S. rubrimaculatus_
Dorsum pale with dark markings and digital pads slightly to widely
expanded 10
10. Digital tips not widely expanded; tympanum well-defined;
outer metatarsal tubercle more than one-half size of inner 11
Digital tips widely expanded, truncate in outline; tympanum
poorly defined; outer metatarsal tubercle less than one-half
size of inner 12
11. Dorsum dark brown with large light spots or blotches; tympanum/eye
ratio usually greater than 43 percent _S. pipilans pipilans_
Dorsum dark brown with small light spots; tympanum/eye
ratio less than 48 percent _S. pipilans nebulosus_
12. Light interorbital bar present 13
Light interorbital bar absent 14
13. Adults small, less than 22 mm. snout-vent length with a
broad mid-dorsal stripe; dark bands on shank narrower than
light interspaces _S. nivocolimae_
Adults larger, more than 22 mm. snout-vent length; dorsum
vermiculate; dark bands on shank broader than light
interspaces _S. interorbitalis_
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