Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla: Studies of American Hylid Frogs, VDuellman, William Edward
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Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla: Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V
Duellman, William Edward
Frogs
_Description of Holotype._--Adult male having snout-vent
length of 27.3 mm.; tibia length, 12.8 mm.; tibia
length/snout-vent length, 48.7 per cent; foot length
(measured from proximal edge of inner metatarsal tubercle to
tip of longest toe), 10.8 mm.; head length, 9.2 mm.; head
length/snout-vent length, 33.7 per cent; head width, 9.0
mm.; head width/snout-vent length, 30.9 per cent; diameter
of eye, 2.8 mm.; diameter of tympanum, 1.4 mm.;
tympanum/eye, 50.0 per cent. Snout in lateral profile nearly
square, slightly rounded above; in dorsal profile bluntly
squared; canthus pronounced; loreal region concave; lips
thick, rounded, and flaring; nostrils protuberant;
internarial distance, 2.3 mm.; top of head flat;
interorbital distance, 3.3 mm.; much broader than width of
eyelid, 2.4 mm. A thin dermal fold from posterior corner of
eye above tympanum to insertion of forelimb, covering upper
edge of tympanum; tympanum nearly round, its diameter equal
to its distance from eye. Forearm slender lacking distinct
fold on wrist; a row of low, rounded tubercles on
ventrolateral surface of forearm; pollex moderately enlarged
without nuptial spines; second and fourth fingers equal in
length; subarticular tubercles round, none bifid; discs
small, that of third finger noticeably smaller than
tympanum; no web between first and second fingers; vestige
of web between other fingers. Heels overlap when hind limbs
adpressed; tibiotarsal articulation reaches to middle of
eye; no tarsal fold; inner metatarsal tubercle large, flat,
and elliptical; outer metatarsal tubercle slightly more
distal than inner, small, and elliptical; subarticular
tubercles round; length of digits from shortest to longest
1-2-5-3-4; third and fifth toes webbed to base of disc;
fourth toe webbed to base of penultimate phalanx; discs
smaller on toes than on fingers. Anal opening directed
posteriorly at upper level of thighs; no anal flap; pair of
large tubercles below anal opening and a slightly smaller
pair farther below. Skin of dorsum and ventral surfaces of
forelimbs and shanks smooth; that of throat, belly, and
ventral surfaces of thighs granular. Ventrolateral glands
well developed, not reaching axilla or groin and broadly
separated midventrally. Skin of anterior part of chin
glandular. Tongue cordiform, shallowly notched behind and
only slightly free posteriorly; vomerine teeth 2-2, situated
on small triangular elevations between large, ovoid inner
nares; openings to vocal sac large, one situated along inner
posterior edge of each mandibular ramus.
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