San Martin, Veracruz, had
bronze eyes.
The use of the trinomial here is arbitrary. Frogs of the
_Eleutherodactylus rugulosus_ group in Mexico (_rugulosus_, _avocalis_,
and _vocalis_) exhibit only slight differences in size, proportions, and
coloration (Duellman, 1958c:6). Furthermore, the named populations are
allopatric. _Eleutherodactylus rugulosus vocalis_, as defined by
Duellman (_loc. cit._), occurs in the foothills of the Sierra Madre
Occidental and associated ranges from central Sinaloa southward into
Michoacan.
~Tomodactylus angustidigitorum~ Taylor
_Tomadactylus angustidigitorum_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci.
Bull., 26:494, November 27, 1940.--Quiroga, Michoacan,
Mexico.
Angahuan (6); Apo; Carapan (21); 19 km. S of Carapan (13);
Cerro Tancitaro (12); Cheran; Corupu (14); Cuseno Station
(14); Opopeo (3); Paracho (11); Paricutin (2); Patzcuaro
(3); Quiroga (59); San Juan de Parangaricutiro (16);
Tancitaro (25); Uruapan (8); Zacapu (11).
This species is indigenous to the pine-oak forests on the southern rim
of the Mexican Plateau, and has been collected at elevations from 1500
to 2500 meters. Males have been observed to call from rocks, rock
fences, clumps of grass, and low bushes; the call is a single "peep." At
San Juan de Parangaricutiro numerous specimens were found in the daytime
beneath adobe bricks and lava on the volcanic ash derived from Volcan
Paricutin; at Paracho individuals were found by day beneath rocks in a
pine forest.
In most specimens the dorsum is dark reddish brown, and the prominent
inguinal glands are cream-color or pale orange (Pl. 3, Fig. 1). Of eight
individuals collected at Paracho, one was reddish brown, two were
pinkish tan, three were dark brown, and two were black.
~Tomodactylus fuscus~ Davis and Dixon
_Tomodactylus fuscus_ Davis and Dixon, Herpetologica,
11:157, July 15, 1955.--1.5 miles southeast of Huitzilac,
Morelos, Mexico.
Los Cantiles (2); 28 km. E of Morelia.
The range of this species includes the Sierra Ajusco in Mexico and
Morelos and thence westward to the Serrania Ucareo in Michoacan. The
specimen from 28 kilometers east of Morelia was found in an oak forest
on a steep hillside at an elevation of 2100 meters. One from Los
Cantiles was calling from a steep cliff at an elevation of 2200 meters
in pine-oak forest. This specimen (UMMZ 119156) in life had a pale
olive-brown dorsum with irregul
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