Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus SmiliscaDuellman, William Edward
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Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Central America; Frogs; Smilisca
Ventral aspect of right feet of _Smilisca_: (A) _S. baudini_
(KU 87177); (B) _S. phaeota_ (KU 64276); (C) _S. cyanosticta_
(KU 87199); (D) _S. sordida_ (KU 91761); (E) _S. puma_ (KU 91716),
and (F) _S. sila_ (KU 77408). x3.]
[Illustration: PLATE 6
A
B
C
Living _Smilisca_: (A) _S. baudini_ (UMMZ 115179) from 1.7 km. W
Xicotencatl, Tamaulipas, Mexico; (B) _S. cyanosticta_ (UMMZ 118163)
from Volcan San Martin, Veracruz, Mexico; (C) _S. phaeota_
(KU 64282) from Barranca del Rio Sarapiqui, Heredia Prov., Costa Rica.
All approx. nat. size.]
[Illustration: PLATE 7
A
B
C
Living _Smilisca_: (A) _S. puma_ (KU 65307) from 5.9 km. W. Puerto
Viejo, Heredia Prov., Costa Rica; (B) _S. sila_ (KU 77407) from
Finca Palosanto, 6 km. WNW El Volcan, Chiriqui, Panama;
(C) _S. sordida_ (KU 64257) from 20 km. WSW San Isidro el General,
San Jose Prov., Costa Rica. All approx. nat. size.]
[Illustration: PLATE 8
FIG. 1. Breeding site of _Smilisca baudini_, 4 km. WNW of Esparta,
Puntarenas Prov., Costa Rica.
FIG. 2. Breeding site of _Smilisca phaeota_, Puerto Viejo, Heredia
Prov., Costa Rica.]
[Illustration: PLATE 9
FIG. 1. Breeding site of _Smilisca puma_, 7.5 km. W of Puerto Viejo,
Heredia Prov., Costa Rica.
FIG. 2. Breeding site of _Smilisca sordida_, Rio La Vieja, 30 km.
E of Palmar Norte, Puntarenas Prov., Costa Rica.]
[Illustration: PLATE 10
Audiospectrographs and sections of breeding calls of _Smilisca_:
(A) _S. baudini_ (KU Tape No. 74); (B) _S. cyanosticta_ (KU Tape
No. 373); (C) _S. phaeota_ (KU Tape No. 79).]
[Illustration: PLATE 11
Audiospectrographs and sections of breeding calls of _Smilisca_:
(A) _S. puma_ (KU Tape No. 382); (B) _S. sila_ (KU Tape No. 385);
(C) _S. sordida_ (KU Tape No. 398).]
[Illustration: PLATE 12
Lateral views of the heads of _Smilisca_: (A) _S. baudini_
(KU 87177); (B) _S. sordida_ (KU 91765); (C) _S. phaeota_ (KU 64276);
(D) _S. puma_ (KU 91716); (E) _S. cyanosticta_ (KU 87199);
(F) _S. sila_ (KU 77408). x3.2.]
Aside from the skeleton referred to as _Smilisca daulinia_ by Cope
(1865:194), we have examined each of the types of the species
synonymized with _S. baudini_. All unquestionably are representatives of
_S. baudini_.
Taylor (1942:306) named _Hyla beltrani_ from Tapachula, Chiapas. This
specimen (UIMNH 25046) is a small female (snout-vent length, 44 mm.) of
_S. baudini_. Taylor (1954:630) named _Hyla manisorum_ from Batan,
Limon, Costa Rica. The type (KU 34927) is a large female (snout-vent
length, 75.3 mm.) _S. baudini_. In this specimen and a male from
Suretka, Costa Rica, the usual dorsal color pattern is absent, but the
distinctive curved supraorbital processes, together with other
structural features, show that the two specimens are _S. baudini_.
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