-8; 1.5
km SW Naranjal, KU 77171, 77687 (skeleton); 2 km N Tocumen, KU
101579-83, 104349 (skeleton); 8 km NE Tocumen, KU 101584-92.
No specific locality: TNHC 24401.
_Hyla rubra_ Laurenti
_Hyla rubra_ Laurenti, Synopsis Reptilium Emendatum, p. 35, 1768.
Daudin, Hist. Nat. Rainettes Grenouilles Crapauds, II:26, 1802.
Daudin, Hist. Nat. Particuliere Reptiles, 8:53, 1803. Guenther,
Catalogue Batrachia Salientia Brit. Mus., p. 110, 1859. Boulenger,
Catalogue Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata, p. 403, February 1,
1882. Dunn, Occas. Papers, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5:413, October
10, 1931.
_Hyla elaeochroa_ (part): Dunn and Emlen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 84:25, March 22, 1932.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium; skull longer than wide; frontoparietal
fontanelle absent in adults; snout subovoid; choanae rounded; dorsal
stripes present; black vermiculations on posterior surfaces of thighs.
_Description._--Head flat, longer than wide; snout long, subovoid,
slightly protruding beyond lower lip; loreal oblique, concave; canthus
rounded, indistinct; diameter of eye about equal to interorbital
space; tympanum large, about three fifths diameter of eye, smaller
than internarial distance; supratympanic fold indistinct; arms short;
fingers free of webs; subarticular tubercles distinct; median palmar
tubercle large, bifid; inner palmar tubercle on base of first finger
flat, elongate; disc of third finger about one half diameter of
tympanum; legs moderately long; tarsal fold absent; inner metatarsal
tubercle distinct, oval; toes about half webbed; web on fourth toe
extending to disc; discs of toes about size of those on fingers; skin
smooth above with small granules on head and in scapular region in
some specimens; skin on flanks, throat, belly, and lower surfaces of
thighs granular; tongue oval, longer than wide, not free behind;
choanae small, oval; vocal slits long, lateral to tongue.
In preservative, dorsum pale brown with darker dorsolateral stripes;
narrow dark brown line from nostril to eye; groin, anterior surface of
thighs, and posteroventral surfaces of shanks creamy tan with dark
brown vermiculations; white spots present on thighs in some specimens;
throat flecked with brown; belly creamy white or gray.
_Remarks._--The taxonomic history of _Hyla rubra_ Laurenti is
confused. Seba (1734:70) illustrated and diagnosed a frog for which
he used the name _Ranula, Americana, Rubra
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