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
_Remarks._--The known distribution of _Plectrohyla hartwegi_ includes
three localities at elevations of 1000 to 2050 meters in the Sierra
Madre of Chiapas and extreme eastern Oaxaca. The specimen from Paraje El
Triunfo was found in a rocky stream in cloud forest at an elevation of
2050 meters. One _Plectrohyla sagorum_ was obtained from the same
stream.
Eizi Matuda sent the holotype to the late Dr. Norman Hartweg, who
recognized that the specimen was unique but was reluctant to name the
species on the basis of a single specimen. Now that two additional
specimens are available, it seems appropriate to associate Hartweg's
name with this new species of _Plectrohyla_, a genus that Hartweg first
adequately defined.
LITERATURE CITED
ADLER, K.
1965. Three new frogs of the genus _Hyla_ from the Sierra
Madre del Sur of Mexico. Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ.
Michigan, 642:1-18, pl. 1, December 16.
DUELLMAN, W. E.
1960. Synonymy, variation, and distribution of _Ptychohyla
leonhardschultzei_ Ahl. Studies of American hylid frogs, IV.
Herpetologica, 16:191-197, September 23.
1964. A review of the frogs of the _Hyla bistincta_ group.
Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 15:469-491, March 2.
1965. Frogs of the _Hyla taeniopus_ group. Copeia,
2:159-168, June 25.
STARRETT, P.
1966. Rediscovery of _Hyla pictipes_ Cope, with description
of a new montane stream _Hyla_ from Costa Rica. Bull. South.
California Acad. Sci., 65 (1):17-28, March.
_Transmitted July 11, 1967._
[Illustration: PLATE 17
Upper figure, _Hyla xanthosticta_ (KU 103772);
lower figure, _Hyla pseudopuma infucata_ (KU 101770). x 2.]
[Illustration: PLATE 18
Upper figure, _Hyla pellita_ (KU 100973);
middle figure, _Hyla pellita_ (KU 100970);
lower figure, _Hyla siopela_ (KU 100977). x 2.]
[Illustration: PLATE 19
Upper figure, _Hyla altipotens_ (KU 101001);
lower figure, _Plectrohyla hartwegi_ (UMMZ 94428). x 1.]
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors corrected.
Spelling corrections:
'Mexico' to 'Mexico' on title page for consistency.
'granulelike' to 'granule-like'
...large, granule-like, present...
'midlevel' to 'mid-level'
... at mid-level of thighs...
'posterio' to 'posterior'
...anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs...
'flank' to 'flanks'
...mottling on flanks...
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