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_Range._--Central Veracruz and northern Oaxaca, Mexico, southeastward through Central America to northwestern Ecuador; one species disjunct in Amazonian Ecuador. _Content._--Eight species [synonyms in brackets]: _annae_ (Duellman, 1963); _calcarifer_ Boulenger, 1902; _callidryas_ (Cope, 1862) [_helenae_ Cope, 1885; _callidryas taylori_ (Funkhouser, 1957)]; _craspedopus_ (Funkhouser, 1957); _litodryas_ (Duellman and Trueb, 1967); _moreleti_ (Dumeril, 1853) [_holochroa_ (Salvin, 1861)]; _saltator_ Taylor, 1955; _spurrelli_ Boulenger, 1913. _Remarks._--Savage and Heyer (1967) provided evidence that _A. callidryas taylori_ (Funkhouser) and _A. helenae_ Cope were junior synonyms of _A. callidryas_ (Cope). Genus =Pachymedusa=, new genus Type species, _Agalychnis dacnicolor_ Cope, 1864. _Definition._--Fingers and toes having basal webs and lateral fringes; terminal discs large; first toe shorter than second and not opposable to others; skin smooth or shagreened, lacking osteoderms; paratoid glands present, diffuse; palpebral membrane reticulate; iris golden yellow with black reticulations; skull deep, depth more than 50 per cent of length; nasals large; frontoparietal fontanelle moderately large; quadratojugal robust; prevomerine teeth present. _Range._--Pacific slopes and lowlands from southern Sonora to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. _Content._--Monotypic: _dacnicolor_ Cope, 1864 [_alcorni_ Taylor, 1952]. _Remarks._--The generic name is derived from the Greek _pachy_ meaning thick and the Greek _Medousa_ (Latin, _Medusa_) in reference to _Phyllomedusa_; the sense implied is the heavy body of _Pachymedusa dacnicolor_. Genus =Phyllomedusa= Wagler, 1830 _Phyllomedusa_ Wagler, 1830 [Type species, _Rana bicolor_ Boddaert, 1772]. _Pithecopus_ Cope, 1866 [Type species, _Phyllomedusa azurea_ Cope, 1862 (=_Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis_ Daudin, 1803), by original designation]. _Hylomantis_ Peters, 1872 [Type species _Hylomantis aspera_ Peters, 1872, by monotypy]. _Phrynomedusa_ Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923 [Type species, _Phrynomedusa fimbriata_ Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923, by subsequent designation]. _Bradymedusa_ Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 [Type species, _Bradymedusa moschada_ Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (=_Phyllomedusa rohdei_ Mertens, 1926) by subsequent designation]. _Definition._--Fingers and toes having greatly reduced webbing or lacking webs; terminal discs small; first toe shorter than, equal to, or lon
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