The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America — John Shaqi
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
_Hyla dulcensis_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 39:37, November
18, 1958 [Holotype.--KU 32168, Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa
Rica; Edward H. Taylor collector].
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (Male to 38 mm., Female to 40 mm.); skull
wider than long; nasals truncate anteriorly; frontoparietal fontanelle
moderate in size; snout slightly protruding; tympanum about size of
largest discs on fingers; dorsum marked by longitudinal stripes; dark
stripe between eye and nostril; in life tan to olive-green with or
without dark mark between eyes; bones greenish blue.
_Description._--Head flat, longer than wide; snout long, rounded,
protruding beyond mouth; canthus indistinct; length of eye equal to
interorbital distance; loreal region not pronounced; tympanum distinct
and about two-fifths diameter of eye; interorbital triangle present or
absent; arms short; trace of web between fingers, extending as fringe
along sides of fingers; first finger very short with small disc; other
discs about size of those on toes; discs on third finger and fourth
toe as large as tympanum; outer palmar tubercle moderate in size,
partly bifid; inner palmar tubercle large, elongate, flat;
subarticular tubercles distinct; legs moderately long; tarsal fold
absent; inner metatarsal tubercle flat; outer metatarsal tubercle
smaller, indistinct; subarticular tubercles moderate in size; fringe
on toes to tip of disc of second toe; rest of toes about two-thirds
webbed; foot length about two fifths snout-vent length; tibia length
about one half snout-vent length; skin above smooth or with minute
pustules; belly finely granular; ventral surfaces of thighs and areas
below anus granular; skin on ventral surfaces of limbs smooth; tongue
relatively large, longer than wide, barely notched behind; vocal slits
elongate, lateral to tongue; choanae medium in size. In life, dorsum
yellowish brown, olive green, or grayish brown with dark brown spots
on snout, dark brown stripe from nostril to eye, dark yellow-brown
interorbital triangle, and dark supratympanic region; generally five
interrupted longitudinal dark brown stripes on dorsum (one on each
flank, pair of paravertebral and one vertebral); flanks pale yellow;
groin yellowish brown; thighs marked with one or two transverse
yellow-brown blotches; shanks with two or three yellow-brown blotches
above; spaces between blotches on thighs, shanks, tarsi, and feet
yellow; brown spots on tarsi and in some specimens on feet; arm pale
yellow with pale brown spots; belly creamy white having slight
blue-green tint; vocal sac and chin yellow; axillary region yellow,
blue-green in some specimens (Pl. 2A).
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