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Title: The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America

Author: Juan R. Leon

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Volume 18, No. 6, pp. 505-545, 7 figs., 4 pls.

December 2, 1969

The Systematics of the Frogs of the
_Hyla rubra_ Group in Middle America

BY

JUAN R. LEON

University of Kansas
Lawrence
1969

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Editors: Frank B. Cross, Philip S. Humphrey, Robert M. Mengel.

Volume 18, No. 6, pp. 505-545, 7 figs., 4 pls.
Published December 2, 1969

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED BY
ROBERT R. (BOB) SANDERS, STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1969

The Systematics of the Frogs of the _Hyla rubra_ Group in Middle
America

BY

JUAN R. LEON

CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTION 508
Acknowledgments 508
Materials and Methods 509

THE HYLA RUBRA GROUP 509
Key to Species and Subspecies 510
Key to Known Tadpoles 511

ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES 511
_Hyla boulengeri_ (Cope) 511
_Hyla foliamorta_ Fouquette 520
_Hyla rubra_ Laurenti 524
_Hyla elaeochroa_ Cope 525
_Hyla staufferi_ Cope 532
_Hyla staufferi staufferi_ Cope 537
_Hyla staufferi altae_ Dunn 540

EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY 540

LITERATURE CITED