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Title: Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America

Author: William E. Duellman

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Volume 17, No. 13, pp. 559-578, 3 pls. 17-19

Date, April 5, 1968

Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs
From Mexico and Central America

BY

WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
1968

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch,
Frank B. Cross

Volume 17, No. 13, pp. 559-578, 3 pls. 17-19
Published April 5, 1968

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED BY
ROBERT R. (BOB) SANDERS, STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS

1968

31-9420

Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs
From Mexico and Central America

BY
WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN

Biological exploration of Mexico and Central America has revealed the
presence of a diverse fauna, elements of which have undergone speciation
in separate areas within the relatively small region. Some genera of
amphibians, especially _Eleutherodactylus_ and _Hyla_, are represented
by many species having small geographic ranges in Mexico and Central
America. Most of the species of _Hyla_ inhabiting the lowlands have been
known to science for many years, and most of the novelties today are
found in the less accessible highlands. No fewer than 19 new species of
hylid frogs have been discovered and named from Mexico and Central
America in the past decade.

In the spring and summer of 1966 I studied hylid frogs in many parts of
southern Mexico and Central America; the field work was designed to
obtain specimens and data that would resolve certain systematic
problems. To a certain extent the studies