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
C [M] 8 15.8-20.1 38.5-42.6 32.1-38.1 26.8-39.3 57.0-86.9
(40.6) (34.2) (31.5) (69.1)
[F] 1 18.5 44.2 36.0 24.0 52.1
D [M] 6 17.9-19.3 41.0-44.9 32.6-36.2 27.0-35.6 59.4-67.7
(43.4) (35.2) (30.9) (65.2)
E [M] 18 19.2-23.2 41.5-45.3 32.5-36.4 28.6-43.8 51.2-75.0
(43.7) (34.0) (33.7) (62.2)
[F] 1 24.8 41.8 30.8 37.9 60.5
F [M] 15 18.9-21.1 42.2-48.6 30.9-37.1 30.0-39.3 42.6-69.1
(45.0) (33.7) (34.7) (55.0)
[F] 1 24.1 40.9 33.5 27.6 56.5
G [M] 1 25.6 43.0 ---- 39.4 57.6
[F] 9 20.2-26.7 39.9-47.1 32.6-39.3 29.1-41.2 58.2-76.9
(43.2) (35.8) (36.4) (69.2)
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[Illustration: FIG. 1: Palmar views of hands of six species of the
eastern complex of _Syrrhophus_. (A) _verrucipes_ (UIMNH 15995),
(B) _rubrimaculatus_ (KU 58911), (C) _dennisi_ sp. nov. (holotype,
UMMZ 101121), (D) _guttilatus_ (UIMNH 55520), (E) _marnockii_
(TCWC 4782), and (F) _longipes_ (TCWC 12179). All x6.5.]
[Illustration: FIG. 2: Palmar views of hands of two species of the
western complex of _Syrrhophus_. _pipilans_ (left, KU 58908, x6)
and _teretistes_ (center, KU 75269, and right, KU 75263,
respectively, x9).]
In _S. cystignathoides_ and _leprus_, the first finger is longer than
the second, and the first two fingers are equal in length in
_guttilatus_ and _marnockii_. In the other species the first finger is
shorter than the second.
Supernumerary tubercles are well developed on the plantar surfaces in
all species, except _S. guttilatus_, in which they are poorly defined
(Fig. 3). The relative sizes of the metatarsal tubercles has been used
in the classification of the species and species groups of _Syrrhophus_.
The metatarsal tubercles are similar in all species of the eastern
complex (including _rubrimaculatus_); the outer tubercle is always about
one-half the size of the ovoid inner metatarsal tubercle. In the
_leprus_ group the outer tubercle is conical and compressed. The
metatarsal tubercles of _pipilans_ are about the same size, or the outer
is slightly smaller than the inner. In the _modestus_ group the outer
metatarsal tubercle is about one-third the size of the inner.
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