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
_Specimens examined._--(54) GUATEMALA, _Huehuetenango_: Jacaltenango,
UMMZ 117036; 35 km. SE La Mesilla, TNHC 29652. MEXICO, _Chiapas_: 11.2
km. N Arriaga, 300 m., UMMZ 125891; 11.8 km. N Arriaga, UMMZ 117279;
12.8 km. N Arriaga, UMMZ 117280; 17.5 km. S Arriaga, UIMNH 57108-109;
1.5 km. S Bochil, 1250 m., KU 58898-908; Cerro Hueco, 7 km. S Tuxtla
Gutierrez, UMMZ 123007; 3.2 km. S Ixtapa, UMMZ 124000; Linda Vista, ca.
2 km. NW Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, KU 58897; Hda. Monserrate, 40 km.
NW Arriaga, UMMZ 102258; near San Ricardo, FMNH 100720; Tapachula, FMNH
75792, 103242, 100695-96, UIMNH 13292; 56 km. E Tapanatepec, Oaxaca,
TNHC 26942, Tonola, FMNH 100095 (holotype), 100686-92, UIMNH 13293-95;
Tuxtla Gutierrez, FMNH 100693-94, UIMNH 13297; 19 km. N Tuxtla
Gutierrez, TNHC 25229-30; 15.5 km. NE Tuxtla Gutierrez, UMMZ 119892 (3);
19 km. NE Tuxtla Gutierrez, UMMZ 119891 (3); 8 km. NNW Tuxtla Gutierrez,
KU 37809; Union de Juarez, FMNH 105294.
=Syrrhophus pipilans pipilans= Taylor
_?Syrrhopus verruculatus_: Gadow, 1905:194.
_Syrrhophus pipilans_ Taylor, 1940c:95-97, pl. 1 [Holotype.--FMNH
100072 (formerly EHT-HMS 6843), from 14.6 km. S Mazatlan,
Guerrero, Mexico; collected on July 22, 1936, by Edward H. Taylor].
Taylor and Smith, 1945:581-82. Smith and Taylor, 1948:49, 50-51.
_Syrrhophus pipilans pipilans_: Duellman, 1958:1-4, 8-9, 13-14,
pl. 2, fig. 1. Gorham, 1966:166.
_Diagnosis._--Diameter of tympanum 40.6-54.0 per cent that of eye;
dorsum dark brown with large light spots or blotches.
_Remarks._--Duellman's (1958) synopsis of this subspecies is adequate;
the distribution has not been extended, but several records are now
available which fill in gaps.
[Illustration: FIG. 17: Distribution of _Syrrhophus pipilans_:
_nebulosus_ (open circles) and _pipilans_ (solid circles).]
Gadow's (1905) record of _S. verruculatus_ from "Buena Vista, S.
Guerrero" is most likely applicable to this species. Gadow simply
included the name in a list of the species he had collected during his
trip in Mexico (1902-04); no further comment was made on this species
although references to _Syrrhopus_ (sic) appear in several places in the
paper and would appear to apply to the species he had.
_Etymology._--Latin, _pipilo_, chirping, peeping, in reference to the
call of the male.
_Distribution._--Sea level to about 1800 meters along the Pacific
versant of western Mexico from central Guerrero to the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec (Fig. 17).
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