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Title: Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla
Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V

Author: William E. Duellman

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Volume 13, No. 8, Pl. 25, figs. 1-2, pp. 349-357 April 27, 1961

Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of
American Hylid Frogs, V

BY WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1961

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch,
Robert W. Wilson

Volume 13, No. 8, Pl. 25, figs. 1-2, pp. 349-357
Published April 27, 1961

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED IN
THE STATE PRINTING PLANT
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1961

28-6442

Descriptions of Two New Species of Frogs,
Genus Ptychohyla
Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V

BY

WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN

Field studies on hylid frogs in southern Mexico and northern Central
America have resulted in the collection of numerous specimens of
_Ptychohyla_, a genus of hylid frogs heretofore poorly represented in
museum collections. Experience with the living frogs in their natural
habitats has been helpful in defining the species and in formulating
ideas concerning their relationships.

Taylor (1944) proposed the generic name _Ptychohyla_ for a new species
of frog, _Ptychohyla adipoventris_ [= _Ptychohyla leonhard-schultzei_
(Ahl)--_fide_ Duellman, 1960] from Agua del Obispo, Guerrero. Taylor
defined the genus as having large ventrolateral glands and horny
nuptial spines in males. Stuart (1954:169) discussed the generic
characters and pointed out that both the ventrolateral glands and horny
nuptial spines were seasonal in their development, being found only