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dark crossbands on the leg stand out prominently; in others, the dark 

 dorsal markings are very dim or, as in some cases, absent. For example, 

 in CJG 2252, the described specimen, the dark markings are conspicu- 

 ous on the back and top of the shank but are absent from the thighs. 

 In other specimens (such as CNHM 30805) there are no pronounced 

 blotches on either the back or the tops of the legs. Most of the long- 

 preserved material at hand has faded to a brownish hue; in fact, some 

 long-preserved specimens are now simply dark brown. 



Remarks. — -Although the type is from Colombia, we have described 

 here a fresh specimen since the type is old and has faded to a pale 

 brown. 



The series of specimens CJG 2249-57 was collected by Goin and 

 Medem at night, after a torrential rain early in the evening, on July 13 

 at La Granja, on the Rio Calima above Cordoba in the state of Valle. 

 These specimens were collected on the ground in a palm grove. The 

 males were calling from little puddles on the ground. In life the dorsal 

 ground color was light brown, with dark mottlings on the back; the 

 loreal postocular stripe was bright green. Two pairs of individuals were 

 clasping, and that night one or both of the females released eggs in the 

 collecting bag. 



Four specimens (CJG 2310-13) were collected east of Tumaco, in 

 Narino, in March 1962. Apparently they had recently transformed, as 

 their head-body lengths range from 19.1 to 23.7 millimeters. 



Specimens Examined 

 COLOMBIA 



Antioquia: Puerto Berrio, CNHM 30855; Chigorodo, USNM 151891. 



Caldas: Pueblorrico-Santa Ceteilia, CNHM 54768-71. 



Choc6: AMNH 3984-86; Andagoya, BM 1915.10.21.69-70. CNHM 81857, 

 USNM 152153-5; Golfo de Uraba, CNHM 63881; Peiia Lisa, Condoto, 

 BM 1913.11.12.118-125, 1913.11.12.137-146; Pizarro, CNHM 4451-3, 

 4455-61; Quibd6, MLS 257; Rio San Juan, Playa de Oro, CNHM 54772. 



NARifto: East of Tumaco, Rio Rosario, CJG 2310-3. 



Valle: Buenaventura, BM 1895.11.16.82; South of Buenaventura, USNM 

 151994; Rio Raposo, UV 346-7, USNM 151883-4; Rio Calima above C6r- 

 doba, CJG 2249-57; Rio Calima, CJG 2463 (11). 

 ECUADOR: BM 1907.3.29.82. Esmeralda Province: near El Placer, JAP 2843- 

 5, 2847-8; near Cachabi, JAP 2916-8, 2920, 2962, 2964, 2996, 3044. Imbabura 

 Province: V/i km. northwest of Lita Station, JAP 2798-806; near Lita 

 Station, JAP 2814-24, 2829-30, 2935. Pichincha Province: vicinity of 

 Santo Domingo de los Colorados, JAP 4014, 4055-6, 4058-64, 4124-5, 

 4330; 18 km. west of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, JAP 4048-50, 4133. 



Smilisca gabbi (Cope) 



Plate 43a-c 



1876. Hyla gabbi Cope, p. 103 (type locality, near Sipurio, east coast of Costa 

 Rica).— Brocchi, 1881, p. 37.— Boulenger, 1882a, p. 372; 1898, p. 



