Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla: Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V — John Shaqi
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
_Remarks_.--Five metamorphosing tadpoles and juveniles (KU
58074, 58234-8) were found at night on vegetation by
streams. Of two completely metamorphosed young each has a
snout-vent length of 15.7 mm. Another having a snout-vent
length of 16.2 mm. has a tail stub 2 mm. long and a
completely metamorphosed mouth. Two others have snout-vent
lengths of 13.6 and 14.1 mm. and tail lengths of 11.5 and
8.1 mm. respectively; in these the mouth parts are
incompletely metamorphosed. The single female available
(UMMZ 121399) contains approximately 60 ovarian eggs, the
largest of which are about 2.5 mm. in diameter.
_Referred Specimens.--Chiapas_: 6.2 km. S of Rayón
Mescalapa, KU 58063-74, 58199 (1 tadpole), 58234-8; 5.6 km.
S of Rayón Mescalapa, KU 58062, 58200 (5 tadpoles); 11.4 mi.
N of Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, UMMZ 121395-9. The
specimens listed last were collected along a stream between
Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán and Rayón Mescalapa, which,
according to Floyd L. Downs, is probably the same stream
listed above as 5.6 km. S of Rayón Mescalapa.
Acknowledgments
I take this opportunity to thank Dale L. Hoyt, Thomas E. Moore, and
John Wellman, who ably assisted in collecting and studying these frogs
in the field. I am indebted to Floyd L. Downs for permission to include
specimens collected by him and John Winklemann. My studies on hylid
frogs are supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant G 9827).
LITERATURE CITED
DUELLMAN, W. E.
1960. Synonymy, variation, and distribution of _Ptychohyla
leonhard-schultzei_ Ahl. Studies of American Hylid
Frogs. IV. Herpetologica, 16:191-197, September 23.
STUART, L. C.
1954. Descriptions of some new amphibians and reptiles from
Guatemala. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 67:159-178,
August 5.
TAYLOR, E. H.
1944. A new genus and species of Mexican hylid frogs. Univ.
Kansas Sci. Bull., 30 (pt. 1):41-45, June 12.
_Transmitted January 23, 1961._
28-6442
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Page 352: Rejoined last paragraph, originally split by Plate 25.
Page 355: Changed typo "Comaprisons" to "Comparisons."
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