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Remarks. — We have studied the type of Hyla phlebodes in Washing- 

 ton and the types of H. underwoodi in London and agree with Taylor 

 that Stuart (1935, p. 39) erred in synonymizing phlebodes with 

 underwoodi. 



Specimens Examined 

 COLOMBIA 



Choc6: Andagoya, CNHM 81856; USNM 152152. 



Norte db Santander: La Selva, USNM 152116-7; Astillero, MLS 119. 

 COSTA RICA: San Carlos, USNM 29970 (type); Turrialba, MCZ 29224-5, 



29310-2. 

 NICARAGUA: 1.5 m. north of Esteli, MCZ 28933-7. 

 MEXICO: Yucatan, Chichen Itza, MCZ 2463 (2). 



19. minuta group 



Small, pale to yellowish frogs with a dark saddle on the back and a 

 transverse white line above the vent and on each heel. There is only 

 one species known from Colombia. 



Hyla minuta Peters 



Plate 36d-p 



1872. Hyla minuta Peters, 1872b, p. 680 (type locality, near Rio de Janeiro). — 

 Boulenger, 1882a, p. 389.— Baumann, 1912, p. 163.— Nieden, 1923, p. 

 287.— Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, p. 89.— Mertens, 1928, p. 298.— Parker, 

 1933, p. 6; 1934b, p. 123.— Myers, 1945, pp. 13, 31.— Beebe, 1952, 

 p. 174.— Cochran, 1955, p. 119; 1961, p. 57.— Goin, 1958, p. 120 — 

 Stebbins and Hendrickson, 1959, p. 526. — Gans, 1960, p. 301. — Rivero, 

 1961, p. 133.— B. Lutz, 1954, p. 158.— Bokermann, 1957, p. 496; 1962, 

 p. 81; 1963, pp. 465, 471, figs. 17-21— Gin6s, 1959, p. 122.— Gallardo, 

 1961b, p. 34.— Gorham, 1963, p. 22. 



1887. Hyla velata Cope, 1887a, p. 46 (type locality, Chapada, Mato Grosso). — 



Baumann, 1912, p. 163.— Nieden, 1923, p. 289.— Miranda-Ribeiro, 

 1926. p. 91.— B. Lutz, 1954, p. 162. 



1888. Hyla bivittata Boulenger, 1888b, p. 188 (type locality, Lages, Santa 



Catarina); 1888c, p. 417; 1890, p. 326; 1891a, p. 456.— Nieden, 1923, 

 p. 294.— Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, p. 82.— De Witte, 1930, p. 227.— B. 

 Lutz, 1954, p. 162.— Cei and Reig, 1961, p. 11. 

 1912. Hyla bisittata. — Baumann, 1912, p. 163. 



1925. Hyla yallens A. Lutz, p. 212 (type locality, marshes in Rio and neighboring 



states).— A. Lutz, 1926, pp. 7, 14.— Mertens, 1929, p. 287.— Myers, 

 1946, pp. 12, 30.— Cochran, 1961, p. 57.— B. Lutz, 1954, p. 161. 



1926. Hyla suturata Miranda-Ribeiro, p. 93 (type locality, Teres6polis, Rio de 



Janeiro). — B. Lutz, 1954, p. 161. 



1927. Hyla emrichi Mertens, p. 1 (type locality, Montserrat, near Porto Alegre, 



Rio Grande do Sul).— B. Lutz, 1954, p. 161. 



Diagnosis. — A small Hyla with reduced webs between the fingers 

 and reduced pattern on the thighs, with a modified hour-glass shaped 

 figure on the back and with a transverse white line above the vent 



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