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group is closely related to the rubra group but is here kept separate 

 for convenience. Only one species is now known from Colombia, 

 and we refer it to squalirostris pending study of additional material. 



Hyla squalirostris A. Lutz 



Figure 23 



1925. Hyla squalirostris A. Lutz, p. 212 (type locality, marshes of Serra da 

 Bocaina, boundary of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo) ; 1926, p. 7, 14. — 

 Cochran, 1955, p. 151.— Gorham, 1963, p. 23. 



Diagnosis. — A small, slender frog with long legs and a long pointed 

 snout and longitudinal stripes on the back. 



Hyla squalirostris is perhaps more closely related to H. rubra than 

 to any other Colombia frog, but its slender build and lack of black 

 and light markings on the rear surface of thigh serve to distinguish 

 it from that species. 



Description. — MLS 122, from 20 kilometers west of Cucuta, Norte de 

 Santander, Colombia. Vomerine teeth in two small rounded series, 



Figure 23.— Hyla squalirostris, MLS 122 (X 2.5). 



