ue Nacional, CNHM 75786, 100124, KU 57650-71, 59824-5
(skeletons), 59914-5 (skeletons), 71269-95, 71757 (skeleton), UIMNH
10349-64, 27022-35, 39434-49, UMMZ 92462, 106401 (5), 106443
(tadpoles), USNM 114762-85, 134268; 3.3 km. N Zacualtipan, KU 53810,
60078 (tadpoles); 8.5 km. SE Zacualtipan, KU 60079 (tadpoles). PUEBLA:
Honey, UMMZ 95245.
#Hyla pachyderma# Taylor
_Hyla pachyderma_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull.,
28:308-310, pl. 27, figs. 1-4, November 12, 1942
[Holotype.--USNM 115029 from Pan de Olla, Veracruz, south of
Tezuitlan, Puebla, Mexico; Hobart M. Smith collector]. Taylor
and Smith, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 95:588, June 30, 1945.
Smith and Taylor, Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus., 194:86, June 17,
1948; Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull, 33:350, March 20, 1950. Rabb
and Mosimann, Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 563:7-8,
March 29, 1955.
_Diagnosis._--Maximum snout-vent length in males 40 mm.; snout in
dorsal profile round; tarsal fold strong; inner metatarsal tubercle
round and moderate in size; outer metatarsal tubercle small and
indistinct; webbing on foot extending to middle of penultimate phalanx
of fourth toe; nuptial spines on thumb large; thoracic fold present;
anal opening at level of middle of thighs; dorsum dull grayish brown
with scattered indistinct dark flecks; venter cream-color mottled with
brown on throat and chest; flanks grayish brown with cream-colored
reticulations; anal stripe distinct, creamy white, sometimes extending
outward on thighs; white spots or line below anus; vocal slits absent.
_Description._--The following description is based on USNM 115028 from
Pan de Olla, Veracruz. Adult male having a snout-vent length of 39.9
mm.; tibia length, 21.0 mm., 52.6 per cent of snout-vent length; foot
length (measured from proximal edge of inner metatarsal tubercle to
tip of longest toe), 20.5 mm.; greatest width of head, 12.8 mm., 32.1
per cent of snout-vent length; head length, 12.3 mm., 30.8 per cent of
snout-vent length. Snout short, in lateral profile bluntly rounded, in
dorsal profile rounded; canthus rounded; loreal region slightly
concave; lips thick, round, and not flaring; nostrils slightly
protuberant; internarial distance, 2.7 mm.; interorbital distance, 3.7
mm., somewhat broader than eyelid, 2.9 mm. A heavy dermal fold from
posterior corner of eye above tympanic region and then to insertion of
forearm; tympanum completely concealed. Forearm moderately
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