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When we initiated a study of the herpetofauna at Santa Cecilia in Amazonian Ecuador in 1966, we were immediately confronted with many kinds of animals that we could not identify with the existing literature. Comparisons of our specimens with those preserved in other museums re...
The type of _Hyla depressa_ is a male having a snout-vent length of 69.8 mm. The diameter of the tympanum is 5.2 mm, 77.6 percent of the diameter of the eye. The dorsal roofing...
3. Part 3_Diagnosis._--1) Size moderate, sexual dimorphism extreme; maximum observed snout-vent length in males 48.1 mm, in females 75.1 mm; 2) skin on dorsum in males bearing a mixture...
2. Part 2_Skin._--The dorsal skin of all males of _Osteocephalus_ is tuberculate to varying degrees, whereas the dorsal skin of females is smooth, or nearly so (Fig. 4). _Osteocephalus v...
1. Part 1When we initiated a study of the herpetofauna at Santa Cecilia in Amazonian Ecuador in 1966, we were immediately confronted with many kinds of animals that we could not identify...
5. Part 5GUYANA: _Mazaruni-Potaro_: Kartabo, AMNH 70971; Membaru River, upper Mazaruni River, UMMZ 85168; Oko Mountains, FMNH 26722-3. _North West_: Amakura River, Haulover, UMMZ 83558-9...