Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central AmericaDuellman, William Edward
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Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America
Duellman, William Edward
Frogs -- Central America; Frogs -- Mexico; Hylidae
_Description of holotype._--Adult male having a snout-vent length of
68.8 mm.; tibia length 36.2 mm., 52.6 per cent of snout-vent length;
foot length (measured from proximal edge of inner metatarsal tubercle)
31.1 mm., 45.2 per cent of snout-vent length; head length 20.2 mm., 29.4
per cent of snout-vent length; head width 20.0 mm., 29.1 per cent of
snout-vent length. Snout in lateral profile acutely rounded, protruding
beyond tip of lower jaw, in dorsal profile pointed; canthus angular;
loreal region flat; lips thick, barely flared. Snout long; nostrils
slightly protuberant, directed dorsolaterally, situated about two-thirds
distance from anterior corner of eye to tip of snout; internarial
distance 5.6 mm.; internarial area slightly depressed; top of head flat;
interorbital distance 6.0 mm., 30.0 per cent of width of head; width of
eyelid 4.7 mm., 23.5 per cent of width of head. Diameter of eye 6.2 mm.;
heavy dermal fold extending from posterior corner of eye, over upper
edge of tympanum to point above insertion of arm; tympanum distinct, its
diameter 3.4 mm., 54.8 per cent of that of the eye, separated from eye
by distance equal to diameter of tympanum.
Axillary membrane absent; arms moderately robust, lacking dermal fold on
lateral edge of forearm, having transverse fold on wrist; fingers
moderately short, broad; length of fingers from shortest to longest,
1-2-4-3; discs large, that on third finger one-fourth larger than
tympanum; subarticular tubercles large, round, none bifid; supernumerary
tubercles large, granule-like, present only on proximal segments;
prepollex enlarged, not bearing nuptial excrescence. Fingers about
one-half webbed; webbing connects first and second fingers at level of
distal end of antepenultimate phalanx, extending from middle of
penultimate phalanx of second finger to middle of antepenultimate
phalanx of third, and between bases of penultimate phalanges of third
and fourth fingers. Heels overlap by about one-half length of shank when
hind limbs adpressed; tibiotarsal articulation extends to point between
eye and nostril; thin transverse dermal fold on heel; tarsal fold
strong, extending full length of tarsus; inner metatarsal tubercle
small, flat, elongate, barely visible from above; outer metatarsal
tubercle small, conical; toes moderately long, stout; length of toes
from shortest to longest, 1-2-3-5-4; discs slightly smaller than those
on fingers; subarticular tubercles large, round, subconical;
supernumerary tubercles large, conical, in single row on proximal
segment of each digit; toes about four-fifths webbed; webbing extending
from base of disc on first to base of disc on second to base of
penultimate phalanx of third toe, from base of disc on third to base of
penultimate phalanx of fourth to base of disc of fifth toe.
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