The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, MéxicoDuellman, William Edward
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo; Reptiles -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo
Of six specimens from Cascada Tzararacua, five are colored like typical
_M. hobartsmithi_, having the anterior and posterior surfaces of the
thighs and the upper arms pale pink in life and a grayish brown dorsum
in preservative. The other specimen (UMMZ 94231) has in preservative a
dark brown dorsolateral line on each side enclosing a pale tan area that
extends from the snout to the vent. One specimen from 29 kilometers east
of Morelia (UIMNH 40338) and 13 specimens from San José de la Cumbre
(UMMZ 102111) do not have the prominent tarsal tubercles characteristic
of _M. hobartsmithi_. Also, in these fourteen specimens the palmar
tubercles are larger, and the dark anal patch more distinct, than in
typical _M. hobartsmithi_. Possibly these specimens, which are from the
high mountains in the eastern part of Michoacán, represent another
species of _Microbatrachylus_. However, Taylor (1940d:501) reported a
series of _M. hobartsmithi_ from the mountains 10 miles west of Villa
Victoria in the western part of the state of México.
The largest specimen from Michoacán is a gravid female (UIMNH 16104)
having a snout-vent length of 23.5 mm.
_Microbatrachylus hobartsmithi_ has been found in rocky ravines along
streams in the Cordillera Volcánica and the southwestern escarpment of
these mountains at elevations from 1450 to 2750 meters.
~Microbatrachylus pygmaeus~ (Taylor)
_Eleutherodactylus pygmaeus_ Taylor, Trans. Kansas Acad.
Sci., 39:352, 1937.--1 mile north of Rodriguez Clara,
Veracruz, México.
_Microbatrachylus pygmaeus_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull.,
26:500, November 27, 1940.
_Microbatrachylus albolabris_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci.
Bull., 26:502, November 27, 1940.--2 miles west of Córdoba,
Veracruz, México.
_Microbatrachylus minimus_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull.,
26:507, November 27, 1940.--Agua del Obispo, Guerrero,
México.
_Microbatrachylus imitator_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull.,
28:70, May 15, 1942.--La Esperanza, Chiapas, México.
Arteaga (328).
This large series (UMMZ 119247-8) was collected on June 22 and 23, 1958,
before the onset of the heavy summer rains. The frogs were found in a
shaded ravine at the north edge of Arteaga; they were obtained during
the day, at which time they were actively moving about in the leaf
litter along a small stream.
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