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one of which originates on the squamosal; vocal sac in male subgular 

 with a tendency toward pairing. 



Key to Colombian Species of Smilisca 



a 1 . A distinct postocular dark stripe; tympanum two-thirds or more the diameter 

 of eye S. phaeota 



a 2 . No postocular dark stripe; tympanum hardly more than half the diameter 

 of eye S. gabbi 



Smilisca phaeota (Cope) 



Plate 43d-f 



1862. Hyla phaeota Cope, 1862b, p. 358 (type locality, Colombia, Turbo).— 

 Peters, 1873, p. 618.— Boulenger, 1882a, p. 402.— Werner, 1897, p. 

 215.— Giinther, 1901, p. 269.— Nieden, 1923, p. 261.— Dunn, 1931, 

 p. 413.— Liu, 1935, p. 34.— Gaige, Hartweg, and Stuart, 1937, p. 4.— 

 Taylor, 1942, p. 80.— Taylor and Smith, 1945, p. 589.— Breder, 1946, 

 p. 416.— Smith and Taylor, 1948, p. 88.— Taylor, 1952, p. 837.— 

 Gorham, 1963, p. 22. — Sexton, Heatwole, and Knight, 1964, p. 271. 



1923. Hyla baudini dolomedes Barbour, p. 11 (type locality, Panama, Rio Esnape, 

 Sambu Valley). 



1960. Smilisca p haeo la. — Starrett, 1960a, p. 300.— Goin, 1961, p. 15. 



Diagnosis. — A moderate-sized Smilisca with a postocular dark 

 stripe that includes the tympanum and with the tympanum at least 

 two-thirds the diameter of eye. 



S. phaeota may be distinguished from S. gabbi, the only other species 

 of Smilisca known from Colombia, by the above two characters, for 

 gabbi lacks the postocular dark stripe and has a tympanum not over 

 one-half the diameter of eye. 



Description. — CJG 2252, from Rio Calima above Cordoba, Valle, 

 Colombia. Vomerine teeth in two short, transverse series lying close 

 together on a level with the posterior borders of the small, somewhat 

 oval choanae; tongue two-thirds as wide as mouth opening, broadly 

 oval, its posterior border slightly free and very shallowly notched. 

 Snout short, rather rounded when viewed from above, rounded in pro- 

 file, the upper jaw extending somewhat beyond lower; nostrils nearly 

 lateral, not projecting, their distance from end of snout about one-half 

 that from eye, separated from each other by an interval nearly equal 

 to their distance from eye. Canthus rostralis well denned; loreal region 

 concave and somewhat oblique, the upper lip flaring out rather 

 strongly below it. Eye moderate, not particularly prominent, its diam- 

 eter equal to its distance from nostril; palpebral membrane not reticu- 

 late; interorbital distance about equal to width of upper eyelid, which 

 is relatively wide and slightly greater than distance between nostrils. 

 Tympanum very distinct, about the diameter of eye, separated from 

 eye by a distance nearly equal to one-third its own diameter. Fingers 



