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On the other hand, when the Caqueta specimen was compared 



with the type of Hyla granosa gracilis several differences were noted. 



We believe that the latter is a specimen of Hyla punctata (q.v.) and 



that the name gracilis Melin is a straight synonym of punctata 



Schneider. 



Specimens Examined 



COLOMBIA 



Amazon as: Cano Guacayd, MCZ 28049. 



Caqueta: Florencia, USNM 152756. 



Vaupes: Gino-Goje, Lower Rio Apaporia, MCZ 2S025-37. 

 BRAZIL: From interior, BM 74.7.16.5-6 (cotypes); Para Santarem, BM 



75.10.22.7-9 (cotypes). 

 BRITISH GUIANA: Demerara Falls, BM 72.10.16.45 (cotype). 

 ECUADOR: Canelos, BM 80.12.5.181 [1947.2.12.99] (cotype). 

 VENEZUELA: La Culebra, Alto Cucunoma, Amazonas, MCZ 27828. 



Hyla guibei, new species 



Figure 22 



Holotype.— CNHM 54773 from Pueblorrico-St. Cecilia, 800 meters, 

 Pacific side, Caldas, Colombia. 



Paratypes. — CJG 2309, Rio Satingo, Narino, Colombia, collected 

 in 1962 by Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff; CJG 2314, east of Tumaco, 

 Rio Rosario, Narino, Colombia, collected in March 1962 by Gerardo 

 Reichel-Dolmatoff. 



Diagnosis. — A member of the granosa group with a transverse 

 white ridge above the vent and with triangular dermal appendages 

 on the heels. 



From Hyla granosa this new species can be distinguished by the 

 presence of dermal heel appendages and the ridge above the vent; 

 from H. rubracyla it can be distinguished by the absence of dorso- 

 lateral dark stripes. 



Description of holotype. — Vomerine teeth in two heavy, / \ series, 

 lying close together on a level with the posterior halves of the moderate- 

 sized, oblong choanae; tongue two- thirds as wide as mouth opening, 

 broadly cordiform, its posterior border not free and unnotched. Snout 

 moderate, broadly U-shaped when viewed from above, slightly rounded 

 in profile, the upper jaw extending slightly beyond lower; nostrils 

 almost entirely lateral, slightly projecting, their distance from end of 

 snout about one-third that from eye, separated from each other by 

 an interval equal to about two-thirds their distance from eye. Canthus 

 rostralis well defined, somewhat curved; loreal region concave and 

 somewhat oblique, the upper lip flaring out moderately below it. Eye 

 moderate, not particularly prominent, its diameter equal to its distance 

 from nostril; palpebral membrane not reticulate; interorbital distance 

 greater than width of upper eyelid, which is about equal distance 



