Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus SmiliscaDuellman, William Edward
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Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Central America; Frogs; Smilisca
_Distribution._--_Smilisca sordida_ is found along the Pacific slopes
and lowlands from Guanacaste, Costa Rica, southeastward to extreme
western Panama, to elevations of about 1200 meters on the Meseta Central
in Costa Rica, and on the Caribbean slopes and lowlands of Costa Rica
and probably adjacent Panama (Fig. 5). One specimen purportedly comes
from "Rio Grande, Nicaragua."
[Illustration: FIG. 5. Map showing locality records for
_Smilisca sordida_.]
_Specimens examined._--412, as follows: NICARAGUA: "Rio Grande"
(? Depto. Zelaya), MCZ 2634.
COSTA RICA: =Alajuela=: Between Atena and Salto de San Mateo, USC 6185;
8 km. N Ciudad Quesada, USC 7155 (4); La Fortuna, USC 7153 (20); 3 km. E
La Fortuna, USC 7150; San Carlos, USNM 29969; Sarchi, KU 32990-9,
36792-3.
=Cartago=: Cartago, BMNH 1947.2.24.13; headwaters of Rio Pacuare, USC
119; Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas, Turrialba, KU
37012, USC 420, 437; Rio Reventazon, Turrialba, MCZ 29268: 10 km. N Rio
Reventazon bridge, USC 7073; 5 km. SW Rio Reventazon bridge on
Paraiso-Orosi road, USC 669; Turrialba, UMMZ 118405, USC 455, USNM
29936-9.
=Heredia=: Puerto Viejo, KU 36791.
=Guanacaste=: Las Canas, USC 7164; Santa Cecilia, MCZ 7924-5; Tilaran,
USC 7161 (5).
=Limon=: Bambu, USC 7171 (2), 7183 (13); La Lola, USC 820 (6), 6083-94,
8064, 8071; Pandora, USC 7188 (7), 7189, 7190 (3), 7191 (5); Pico
Blanco, USNM 30685-6; Rio Lari, 14-16 km. SW Amubre, USC 7179, 7180
(10); Sipurio, USNM 30658-9; Suretka, KU 36764, 36765 (skeleton),
36766-78.
=Puntarenas=: 6 km. N Dominical, KU 91749-50, 91811 (young), 91812
(tadpoles); Esparta, MCZ 8028; 6 km. E Golfito, KU 91718-41, 91809
(young), 91810 (tadpoles), 91816-9 (skeletons), USC 7103 (23); Quebrada
Agua Buena, 3 km. SW Rincon de Osa, USC 7236 (6); Quebrada Boruca, 22
km. E Palmar Norte, KU 64264; Rincon de Osa, Camp Seattle, UMMZ
123680-5, S-2792 (skeleton), USC 705 (5), 6023, 7254; Rio Barranca, USC
7119 (2); Rio Ceiba, 6 km. NW Buenos Aires, KU 91747-8, USC 7112 (7);
Rio Ciruelitas, 16 km. NW Esparta, USC 7121 (3); Rio Claro, 14.2 km. NW
Villa Neily, USC 7110 (4); Rio Ferruviosa, 7 km. S Rincon de Osa, USC
7235 (4); Rio Lagarto at Pan-American Hwy. (Guanacaste Border), USC 7122
(4); Rio La Vieja, 30 km. E Palmar Norte, KU 87684 (tadpoles), 91743-6,
USC 7083 (2); Rio Oro, 28.5 km. NW Villa Neily, KU 91742; Rio Volcan, 10
km. W Buenos Aires, USC 7113; Rio Zapote, 7 km. E Palmar, USC 7100 (4);
3-5 km. W Palmar, USC 7101 (18); 7 km. SE Palmar, KU 64261-3; 1.2 km. NW
Villa Neily, USC 8032; 3 km. NW Villa Neily, USC 7109 (20); 5 km. NW
Villa Neily, USC 6176, 8035.
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