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1. Hylaplesia tinctoria. 
Calamita tinctorius, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 175. 
Hylaplesia tinctoria, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 294; Gtnth. Batr. Sal. p. 125; | Brocchi, Miss. Se. Mex., 
Batr. p. 89, t. 11. figg. 2, 2 ad. 
Dendrobates tinctorius, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 202; Dum. & Bibr. Erpét. Gén. viii. p. 252, t. 90. 
fig. 1; Steind. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1864, p. 260, t. 18. fig. 1, t. 15. fig. 2; Bouleng. 
Batr. Sal. p. 142; Cope, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 32, p. 19. 
Dendrobates histrionicus, Berthold, Gott. Nachr. 1845, p. 43; Gétt. Abhandl. p. 15, t. 1. fig. 8. 
Phyllobates auratus, Girard, U. 8. Astron. Exped. ii. p. 209; Proc. Ac. N. Se. Philad. vii. p. 226 
(1854). 
Hylaplesia aurata, Cope, Proce. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. 1863, p. 49. 
Dendrobates lugubris, Schmidt, Denkschr. Wien. Ak. 1858, p. 250; Bouleng. Batr. Sal. p. 145. 
Phyllobates chocoensis, Posada Arango, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1872, t. 27. 
Dendrobates tinctorius, subsp. vittatus, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xxxi. p-. 340 (1894). 
Hab. Nicaragua (Bransford) ; Costa Rica, La Palma, Talamanca, Buenos Ayres 
(Mus. Nacional de Costa Rica), Las Delicias, Santa Clara (Biolley) ; PANAMA 
(Pfeiffer), Veraguas (Warczewicz), Taboga I. (U. 8. Astron. Exped.), Isthmus of 
Darien (Mus. Brit.). 
Extremely variable in coloration: uniform black; greyish above and black below ; 
black with white or grey spots ; greyish with black spots; black with white transverse 
or longitudinal bands and spots. 
2. Hylaplesia trivittata. 
Hyla trivittata, Spix, Spec. Nov. p. 35, t. 9. fig. 1. 
Hyla nigerrima, Spix, |. c. p. 36, t. 9. fig. 2. 
Dendrobates nigerrimus, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 202; Steind. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 186 4, 
p. 257, t. 13. fig. 2. 
Dendrobates trivittatus, Wag). |. c.; Peters, MB. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1872, p. 213; Bouleng. Batr. 
Sal. p. 144. 
Hylaplesia picta, Tschudi, Batr. p. 71. 
Dendrobates obscurus, Dum. & Bibr. Erpét. Gén. viii. p. 655. 
Dendrobates trivittatus, var. maculatus, Peters, MB. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1873, pp. 617, 618. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Peters).—Tropica, AMERICA. 
Sometimes uniform black, generally with white bands and spots variously disposed. 
3. Hylaplesia typographa. © i Cachet ta 
Dendrobates typographus, Keferst. Gott. Nachr. 1867, p. 360 ; Wiegm. Arch. 1868, p. 298, t. 9. 
fig. 7; Cope, Journ. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. viii. p. 102 (1875). 
Dendrobates ignitus, Cope, Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. 1874, p. 68. 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales Mines (Air) ; Costa Rica (Mus. Nacional de Costa Rica). 
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