equal to
distance between eye and spiracle; mouth anteroventral; median part of
upper lip bare; rest of lip having one row of papillae; a few other
rows of small papillae at corners of mouth; tooth rows 2/3; first
upper row entire, second upper row interrupted medially, shorter than
first; lower rows shorter than upper rows, third shortest; beak
moderately robust; spiracle nearer eye than anus; anal tube short,
aperture not extending to border of ventral fin; caudal musculature
slender, extending to tip of pointed tail; dorsal fin extending onto
body (Table 4).

TABLE 4.--Sizes of Tadpoles of _Hyla foliamorta_ in Relation to
Developmental Stages. (Means in parentheses below observed ranges;
measurements in mm.)

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Stage | N | Body length | Tail length | Total length
--------+---+-------------+-------------+--------------
25 | 2 | 5.0-5.2 | 8.0-8.5 | 13.0-13.7
| | (5.1) | (8.3) | (13.4)
| | | |
26 | 3 | 7.0-7.5 | 12.0-12.4 | 17.0-19.5
| | (7.2) | (12.1) | (18.6)
| | | |
28 | 2 | 6.5-7.0 | 18.0 | 25.0
| | (6.8) | |
| | | |
35 | 1 | 9.5 | 25.0 | 34.5

In life, yellow above, white below; caudal fin greenish yellow with
black or gray reticulations; dark line from snout to eye; dark spot
behind eye; tail unpigmented except for fine dark reticulations. In
preservative body creamy white, transparent below with dark pigment
above in some specimens.

_Remarks._--_Hyla foliamorta_ can be confused only with _Hyla
boulengeri_. The differences between adults of these species were
discussed in _Remarks_ on _H. boulengeri_. The tadpoles of
_foliamorta_ have labial papillae on the lower lip and a stripe
between the eye and the tip of the snout. By comparison the tadpoles
of _boulengeri_ have a bare lower lip and no stripe between the eye
and the tip of the snout.

_Distribution._--_Hyla foliamorta_ inhabits the subhumid Pacific
lowlands (elevations of less than 100 meters) of Central Panama and
Caribbean lowlands of northern Colombia (Fig. 4).

_Specimens Examined._--Panama: _Panama_: 3 km WSW Chepo, KU 77164-9,
101573-5, 104243-4 (tadpoles); 6 km WSW Chepo, KU 77170, 101576