Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala GroupDuellman, William Edward
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Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group
Duellman, William Edward
Frogs -- Central America; Hyla microcephala
+Costa Rica+: Alajuela: 12.4 km. N Florencia, MVZ 76108-10, USC 2628;
*Las Playuelas, 11 km. S Los Chiles, USC 7216; Los Chiles, USC 7217,
7219; 3 km. NE Muelle de Arenal, USC 2644 (2); *"San Carlos," USNM
29970. Cartago: Chitaría, KU 103690; *1.6 km. E Río Reventazón Bridge,
east of Turrialba, UMMZ 119978 (2); *Tunnel Camp, near Peralta,
KU 32456, 32458-69, 41098 (skeleton); Turrialba, FMNH 101794, 103188-9,
KU 25725-9, 32439-48, 41095-7 (skeletons), 64797-827, 68300-2
(skeletons), 68403 (eggs), 68404 (tadpoles), MCZ 29224-5, 29310-2,
UMMZ 119979 (6), USC 31, 256 (2), 458 (2), 580, 594, 599 (7), 7074 (2),
USNM 29933. Guanacaste: Arenal, USC 6254; *Finca San Bosco, USC 62724,
6276 (3), Guayabo de Bagaces, USC 7022 (3), 7023; *Laguna Arenal,
USC 6262 (4); 3 km. NE Tilarán, USC 524; *5 km. NE Tilarán, USC 6269;
*6 km. NE Tilarán, UMMZ 122653 (6), S-2680 (skeleton), USC 523 (8).
Heredia: Puerto Viejo, KU 64828-63, 68303-7 (skeletons), 68405-6
(tadpoles), 104099-100 (tadpoles); *1.5 km. N Puerto Viejo, KU 64871;
*1 km. S Puerto Viejo, KU 86432-40; *4.2 km. W Puerto Viejo, KU
64864-5; *5.9 km. W Puerto Viejo, KU 64866-70; *7.5 km. W Puerto Viejo,
KU 86431. Limón: Batán, UMMZ 119980 (2); La Castilla, ANSP 23707;
Puerto +Limón+, KU 32449-55.
+Panama+: Bocas del Toro: 3.2 km. NW Almirante, KU 96026; Cayo de
Agua, KU 96027-31; Fish Creek, KU 96032-4. Canal Zone: Barro Colorado
Island, AMNH 69790, ANSP 23244-50; FMNH 13380, 22972-4; Juan Mina,
AMNH 55429, UU 3899; *8.6-13.8 km. N Miraflores Locks, TNHC 23439,
23477, 23484-8, 23491, 23494-9, 23501-2, 23504-8, 23510-17, 23519-30,
23532-8, 23541-54, 23561. *Rio Chagres, AMNH 55431-4; Río Cocolí,
3.5 km. N Miraflores Locks, TNHC 23461, 23489-90, 23493, 23500, 23503,
23509, 23518, 23531, 23539-40; *Summit, ANSP 23361, KU 97788; *Three
Rivers Plantation, SU 2130. Coclé: El Valle de Antón, AMNH 55435,
69786-9, ANSP 23506-9. Colón: Achiote, KU 77215-78; Ciricito, CAS
71499-500, 71505-6. Darién: Río Canclon at Río Chucunaque, UMMZ 126733;
Río Chucunaque, near Yavisa, AMNH 51783. Panamá: Cero La Campana, FMNH
67847-50.
+Colombia+: Chocó: Andagoya, FMNH 81856; Boca de Raspadura, AMNH
13570-8.
+Hyla sartori+ Smith
_Hyla underwoodi_ (in part), Smith and Taylor, Bull. U. S. Natl.
Mus., 194:85, June 17, 1948.
_Hyla microcephala sartori_ Smith, Herpetologica, 7:186,
December 31, 1951 [Holotype.--UIMNH 20934 from 1 mile north of
Organos, south of El Treinte, Guerrero, México; H. M. Smith and
E. H. Taylor collectors]. Duellman, Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat.
Hist., 15:124, December 20, 1961. Porter, Herpetologica, 18:168,
October 17, 1962. Davis and Dixon, Herpetologica, 20:230,
January 25, 1965. Duellman, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist.,
15:652, December 30, 1965.
_Diagnosis._--Dorsum tan with broad dark brown chevrons or transverse
bars; shanks marked with two or three broad transverse bars;
dorsolateral stripes absent.
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