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
_Syrrhophus rubrimaculata_: Smith and Taylor, 1948:48-49.
[Illustration: FIG. 8: _Syrrhophus rubrimaculatus_ (upper right,
KU 58911, x1.6; lower right, KU 58910, x4) and _S. verrucipes_
(upper left, UIMNH 15995, x1.6; lower left, UIMNH 15989, x3.7).]
_Diagnosis._--Small frogs, males 18.2-23.5 mm. snout-vent, females
19.0-22.5 mm. snout-vent length (small sample); vocal slits in males;
digital tips scarcely expanded (Fig. 1); first finger shorter than
second; outer palmar tubercle reduced in size; inner metatarsal tubercle
elongate, twice the size of small, conical outer metatarsal tubercle;
diameter of tympanum 35.5-46.5 per cent that of eye in both sexes;
dorsum brown with small pale spots (red in life); venter gray.
_Remarks._--Previous authors who treated _Syrrhophus_ placed this
species in the western complex, because it occurs on the Pacific versant
and has a reduced outer palmar tubercle. Duellman (1958) placed
_rubrimaculatus_ apart from the other western species, because of its
relatively unexpanded digital tips and coloration. The digital tips are
like those in _leprus_, which _rubrimaculatus_ resembles. Except for the
reduction of the outer palmar tubercle, _rubrimaculatus_ could be a
member of the _leprus_ group.
_Syrrhophus rubrimaculatus_ is probably best treated as a Pacific
derivative of the _leprus_ group, even though the palmar tubercles do
not agree. The removal of _rubrimaculatus_ from the western complex
results in a more homogeneous remainder and does not greatly increase
the heterogeneity of the eastern complex.
_Etymology._--Latin, meaning spotted with red; in reference to the
colors in life.
_Distribution._--Low to moderate elevations on the Pacific versant of
southeastern Chiapas, Mexico (Fig. 7); probably extending into
adjacent Guatemala.
_Specimens examined._--(48) MEXICO, _Chiapas_: Escuintla, UMMZ 88283; 6
km. NE Escuintla, UMMZ 87876-80; La Esperanza, UIMNH 13285, UMMZ
88496-97, USNM 114070 (holotype), 114054-69, 114072; Monte Cristo, UMMZ
88353; 1.3 km. N Puerto Madero, KU 58910-11; Finca San Jeronimo, 600-650
m., UIMNH 55299-312, 55313-16 (cleared and stained).
=Syrrhophus guttilatus= (Cope)
_Malachylodes guttilatus_ Cope, 1879:264 [Holotype.--USNM 9888,
from Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico; collected in 1877 by
Alfredo Duges].
_Syrrhopus guttulatus_: Boulenger, 1888:204-06.
_Syrrhaphus guttulatus_: Guenther, 1900:317.
_Syrraphus guttulatus_: Diaz de Leon, 1904:11.
_Syrrhophus guttilatus_: Nieden, 1923:399-400. Kellogg, 1932:125,
127-28. Smith and Taylor, 1948:49, 51. Firschein, 1954:52-54.
Gorham, 1966:164.
_Syrrhophus smithi_ Taylor, 1940b:43-45, pl. 1 [Holotype.--USNM
108594, from 15 mi. SW Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1575 m.;
collected on October 13, 1939, by Hobart M. Smith]. Smith and
Taylor, 1948:49, 51. Firschein, 1954:54-55. Martin, 1958:50.
Gorham, 1966:167.
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