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1897, was bright grass green on the back and yellowish white below. 

 While collecting on February 13, 1895, in Guerrero, thej found one 

 (No. 47904) in dense green grass on the river bottom near Ometepec. 

 These observations would seem to indicate that this species spends 

 considerable time on the ground at periods not necessarily coincident 

 with the breeding season. 



Very little is kno^vn in regard to the breeding habits of P. dacnicolor. 

 The following observations on Phyllomedusas at Balsas in Guerrero 

 made by Dr. Hans Gadow ^^ summarize what little is actually known : 



Lovely big tree-frogs, of a saturated green, dwelt during the heat of the day in 

 the thick thatch of the huts, whilst at night especially during the rain, they hopped 

 about on the ground, to pair. As a rule these Phyllomedusas do not deposit their 

 spawn directly in the water; they wrap their eggs in a foamy lather, and suspend 

 the whole mass between leaves or grass, over water, in such a position that the 

 next heavy rain washes the rapidlj' developing eggs or tadpoles into it. Those 

 which we could observe behaved in a rather puzzling manner. The pairs sat in 

 a tangle of herbs at the edge of a little ditch in the middle of the village, whence the 

 rain could wash the eggs only into a filthy lagoon some fifty yards off. In the 

 morning the ditch was alwaj^s quite dry, and there were no traces of frogs or 

 eggs left. This may have been an error of judgment of the tree-frogs. The 

 majority were barking, snarling, and entreating each other's attention on more 

 suitable ground, but we failed ignominiously in our observations during the dark 

 of night, and in the tropical downpour. The most remarkable feature, so far 

 apparently unique, is the colour of the numerous and very small eggs, these all 

 being of a light green! 



Specimens examined. — Twenty-four, as follows : 

 Phyllomedusa dacnicolor 



Museum 



Catalogue 

 No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 speci- 

 mens 



Locality collected 



Date collected 



By whom collected or 

 from whom received 



U.S.N.M. 

 M.C.Z... 

 A.M.N.H 

 U.S.N.M. 



Do... 

 A.M.N.H 



U.S.N.M. 



Do... 

 A.M.N.H 



Do... 



M.C.Z... 



A.M.N.H 



Do... 



M.C.Z... 



U.S.N.M. 



6837 



8631-32 



13126 



14081 



46950 

 12565 



46954-55 

 46953 

 12563 



12565-66 



2420 



13266-67 



13265 



1060 

 47904 



Sinaloa: 

 Mazatlan. 

 .do. 



North of Mazatlan 



Presidio, 50 miles from Ma- 

 zatlan. 

 Rosario. 



San Francisquito 



Natarit: 



Acaponeta 



Santiago 



Rosamocada 



do 



Colima: 



Colima 



2 miles from Colima 



East of Lo de Villa 



Guerrero: 



Acapulco -. 



Ometepec, 200 ft. altitude. 



1868 



1921 

 Feb. 2, 1920 

 Apr. 3, 1885 



July 6, 1895 

 fDec. 2, 1919 

 [Dec. 4, 1919 



June 30,1897 

 June 21,1897 

 Nov. 20, 1919 

 Nov. 19, 1919 



July 14,1902 

 Apr. 17,1919 

 Apr. 19,1919 



Feb. 13,1895 



F. Bischofl. 

 C. C. Torron. 

 Paul D. R. Ruthling. 

 Alphonso Forrer. 



Nelson and Goldman. 

 }Paul D. R. Ruthling. 



Nelson and Goldman. 



Do. 

 Paul D. R. Ruthling. 



Do. 



Thomas Barbour. 

 Paul D. R. Ruthling. 

 Do. 



Hassler expedition. 

 Nelson and Goldman. 



M Gadow, H. 

 329, 330, 1908. 



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