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
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| |Notes| | | | Major frequencies
| | per |Duration| Pulses|Fundamental| (cps)
| |call | of note| per | frequency |---------------------
Species | N |group| (sec.) | second| (cps) | Lower | Upper
---------------+---+----+---------+-------+-----------+---------+-----------
H. boulengeri | 8 | 1 | 0.24- | 80-120| 70-74 |1400-1820|2520-3182
| | | 0.47 | (101)| (71) | (1611) | (2840)
| | | (0.35) | | | |
| | | | | | |
H. foliamorta | 7 | 1 | 0.23- | 50-60 | 52-61 | 912-1026|2736-3477
| | | 1.86 | (51) | (56) | (918) | (3055)
| | | (0.69) | | | |
| | | | | | |
H. elaeochroa |15 | 2-95| 0.12- | 40-50 | 48-65 |1254-1586|2562-3477
| | (19)| 0.24 | (42) | (57) | (1499) | (2911)
| | | (0.17) | | | |
| | | | | | |
H. s. staufferi|18 | 2-77| 0.13- |100-130| 96-130 |1582-1872|1962-3744
| | (23)| 0.23 | (120) | (106) | (1743) | (3056)
| | | (0.18) | | | |
| | | | | | |
H. s. altae | 7 | 2-22| 0.14- |110-130| 104-117 |1853-2106|3379-4056
| | (11)| 0.18 | (120) | (112) | (2008) | (3775)
| | | (0.15) | | | |
_Cranial Osteology._--The skull of _Hyla boulengeri_ is as long as it
is wide, and is flat; the premaxillary is small and bears 13 to 17
teeth (mean for 6 specimens, 14.9). The alary processes of the
premaxillaries are widely separated, concave posteriorly, and vertical.
Ventrally, the premaxillary is connected to the prevomer by bony
tissues. The maxillary is slender and bears 70 to 91 teeth (mean for 6
specimens 78.1). The pars facialis of the maxillary is laterally convex
and about four times as high as the pars dentalis.
The nasal is large (its length about 40 per cent of total length of
skull), and pointed anteriorly and posteriorly in dorsal view. The
nasals are separated anteromedially by the cartilaginous septum nasi.
One or two protuberances are present on the midlateral concavity of the
nasal. Posteriorly, the nasal overlaps the sphenethmoid and articulates
with the palatine. Dorsally the sphenethmoid is large, pentagonal, and
completely ossified. The frontoparietal is elongate, smooth, and bears
a small supraorbital process on the anterior edge of the orbit. A
keyhole-shaped frontoparietal fontanelle is present; the fontanelle is
narrow anteriorly and wide posteriorly.
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