Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus SmiliscaDuellman, William Edward
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Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Central America; Frogs; Smilisca
_Hyla phaeota_ Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14
(9):358, 1862 [Holotype.--USNM 4347 from Turbo, Colombia; J. Cassin
collector]. Boulenger, Catalogue Batrachia Salientia in British
Museum, p. 402, Feb. 1, 1882. Werner, Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss.
Muenchen, 27:215, 1897. Guenther, Biologia Centrali-Americana:
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Hist., 86(6):416, Aug. 26, 1946. Smith and Taylor, Bull. U. S. Natl.
Mus., 194:88, June 17, 1948; Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull, 33:364, March
20, 1950. Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35(1):837, July 1, 1952.
Brattstrom and Howell, Herpetologica, 10:117, Aug. 1, 1954. Goin,
Herpetologica, 14:120, July 23, 1958. Cochran, Bull. U. S. Natl.
Mus., 220:57, 1961.
_Hyla labialis_ Peters, Monats. Konigl. Akad. Wissen. Berlin, p.
463, 1863 [Holotype.--ZMB 4913 from "region of Bogota," Colombia];
Monats. Konigl. Akad. Wissen. Berlin, p. 618, Oct. 16, 1873.
Boulenger, Catalogue Batrachia and Salientia in British Museum, p.
397, Feb. 1, 1882.
_Hyla baudini dolomedes_ Barbour, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ.
Michigan, 129:11, Jan. 25, 1923 [Holotype.--MCZ 8539 from Rio
Esnape, Sambu Valley, Darien, Panama; Barbour and Brooks
collectors]. Barbour and Loveridge, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard,
69:278, June, 1929.
_Hyla phaeota phaeota_, Smith, Herpetologica, 8:152, Jan. 30, 1953.
Minton and Smith, Herpetologica, 16:103, June 17, 1960.
_Smilisca phaeota_, Starrett, Copeia, 4:303, Dec. 30, 1960.
_Diagnosis._--Size large ([M] 65 mm., [F] 78 mm.); skull as long as
wide, lacking frontoparietal fontanelle; large supraorbital flanges
having straight edges and extending posterolaterally; large squamosal
not in contact with maxillary; tarsal fold moderately wide, full length
of tarsus; inner metatarsal tubercle moderately large, low, flat,
elliptical; hind limbs relatively long, tibia averaging more than 53 per
cent of snout-vent length; labial stripe silvery white; lips lacking
vertical bars; loreal region pale green; dark brown or black tympanic
mark dispersing into brown venated pattern on flanks; posterior surfaces
of thighs pale brown, with or without darker flecks or small
cream-colored flecks. (Foregoing combination of characters
distinguishing _S. phaeota_ from any other species in genus.)
Table 2.--Geographic Variation in Size and Proportions in Males of
Smilisca phaeota. (Means in Parentheses Below Observed Ranges;
Data Based on Ten Specimens From Each Locality.)
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