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s; webbing of feet mottled with brown. _Variation._--Twenty-eight breeding males from the area between Chepo and Tocumen, Panama, have snout-vent lengths of 39.0 mm. to 46.0 mm. (mean 42.5 mm.). In these specimens, the ratio of the tibia length to the snout-vent length is 0.54 to 0.61 (mean, 0.57); the ratio of the diameter of the tympanum to that of the eye is 0.55 to 0.75 (mean, 0.67). One female has a snout-vent length of 41.0 mm., tibia/snout-vent length ratio of 0.57, and tympanum/eye ratio of 0.76. Two to five (usually three) elongate black spots are present in the scapular region in different individuals. The flanks in some are spotted with brown; in others they are creamy white. A small black spot is present in the groin of some specimens. Usually two to four blotches are present on the anterior and posterior surfaces of the thighs; in some specimens the blotches are reduced to small spots. One or two brown spots are present proximally on the shanks in most specimens. In some individuals tuberculations are scattered on the head and in the tympanic and scapular regions, but the dorsum is smooth in most specimens; the belly is creamy white flecked with brown. _Cranial Osteology._--The skull of _Hyla foliamorta_ is flat and longer than it is wide. The premaxillary is small and bears 13 to 16 teeth (mean for 2 specimens, 14.8). The alary process of the premaxillary is vertical and concave posteriorly. Ventrally, the premaxillary is completely separated from the prevomer by cartilage. The maxillary is slender; each bears 77 to 84 teeth (mean for 2 specimens, 81). The pars facialis of the maxillary is laterally convex and less than three times the height of the pars dentalis. The nasal is large and pointed anteriorly and posteriorly in dorsal view. The length of the nasal comprises about 40 per cent of the total length of the skull. The nasals are separated anteromedially by the cartilaginous septum nasi. One protuberance is present on the midlateral concavity of the nasal. Posteriorly, the nasal overlaps the sphenethmoid; posterolaterally the nasal articulates with the palatine. The sphenethmoid is completely ossified and pentagonal in dorsal view. The frontoparietal is elongate, without a pronounced anterior supraorbital process. The frontoparientals are sutured medially throughout their lengths; the frontoparietal fontanelle is absent. The bony part of the prooetic is narrowly separated dorsolaterally from
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