The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle AmericaLeón, Juan R.
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The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America
León, Juan R.
Frogs -- Central America; Hyla rubra
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Stage | N | Body length | Tail length | Total length
--------+---+-------------+-------------+--------------
25 | 2 | 5.0-5.2 | 8.0-8.5 | 13.0-13.7
| | (5.1) | (8.3) | (13.4)
| | | |
26 | 3 | 7.0-7.5 | 12.0-12.4 | 17.0-19.5
| | (7.2) | (12.1) | (18.6)
| | | |
28 | 2 | 6.5-7.0 | 18.0 | 25.0
| | (6.8) | |
| | | |
35 | 1 | 9.5 | 25.0 | 34.5
In life, yellow above, white below; caudal fin greenish yellow with
black or gray reticulations; dark line from snout to eye; dark spot
behind eye; tail unpigmented except for fine dark reticulations. In
preservative body creamy white, transparent below with dark pigment
above in some specimens.
_Remarks._--_Hyla foliamorta_ can be confused only with _Hyla
boulengeri_. The differences between adults of these species were
discussed in _Remarks_ on _H. boulengeri_. The tadpoles of
_foliamorta_ have labial papillae on the lower lip and a stripe
between the eye and the tip of the snout. By comparison the tadpoles
of _boulengeri_ have a bare lower lip and no stripe between the eye
and the tip of the snout.
_Distribution._--_Hyla foliamorta_ inhabits the subhumid Pacific
lowlands (elevations of less than 100 meters) of Central Panamá and
Caribbean lowlands of northern Colombia (Fig. 4).
_Specimens Examined._--Panamá: _Panamá_: 3 km WSW Chepo, KU 77164-9,
101573-5, 104243-4 (tadpoles); 6 km WSW Chepo, KU 77170, 101576-8; 1.5
km SW Naranjal, KU 77171, 77687 (skeleton); 2 km N Tocumen, KU
101579-83, 104349 (skeleton); 8 km NE Tocumen, KU 101584-92.
No specific locality: TNHC 24401.
_Hyla rubra_ Laurenti
_Hyla rubra_ Laurenti, Synopsis Reptilium Emendatum, p. 35, 1768.
Daudin, Hist. Nat. Rainettes Grenouilles Crapauds, II:26, 1802.
Daudin, Hist. Nat. Particuliere Reptiles, 8:53, 1803. Günther,
Catalogue Batrachia Salientia Brit. Mus., p. 110, 1859. Boulenger,
Catalogue Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata, p. 403, February 1,
1882. Dunn, Occas. Papers, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5:413, October
10, 1931.
_Hyla elaeochroa_ (part): Dunn and Emlen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 84:25, March 22, 1932.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium; skull longer than wide; frontoparietal
fontanelle absent in adults; snout subovoid; choanae rounded; dorsal
stripes present; black vermiculations on posterior surfaces of thighs.
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