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-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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