FROGS OF COLOMBIA — COCHRAN AND GOIN 337 



Phyllomedusa nicefori Barbour 



Plate 42d-f 



1926. Phyllomedusa nicefori Barbour, p. 191 (type locality, Colombia, Meta, 

 Villavicencio) . — Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, p. 319. — B. Lutz, 

 1950, p. 602. — Funkhouser, 1957, p. 47 (as niceforoi). — Gorham, 

 1963, p. 24. 



Diagnosis. — A moderate-sized Phyllomedusa with the first toe 

 longer than, the second, without conspicuous, distinct, rounded white 

 spots along the side anterior to the groin, and without distinct white 

 caps on the upper surfaces of disks of fingers one and two. 



Among the Phyllomedusa now known from Colombia, this species 

 may be distinguished from all except edentula, boliviana, and tarsius 

 by the lack of conspicuous black and white markings on the rear 

 surface of the thigh. From tarsius it differs in lacking white caps 

 on the disks of fingers one and two. From boliviana it differs in lacking 

 rounded white spots anterior to the groin or, if such spots are present, 

 they are much smaller than in boliviana. From edentula it differs in 

 having a pair of rounded white spots below the vent. 



Description. — MCZ 11611 (holotype), from Villavicencio, Meta, 

 Colombia. Vomerine teeth in two short, oval series lying close together 

 and between the rather large, ovate choanae; tongue one-half as wide 

 as mouth opening, its posterior border free and truncate but not 

 notched. Snout large, pointed when viewed from above, sloping in 

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

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

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

 to about four-fifths their distance from eye. Canthus rostralis well 

 defined; loreal region concave and oblique, the upper lip flaring out 

 strongly below it. Eye large, very prominent, its diameter greater by 

 one- third than its distance from nostril; interorbital distance about 

 V/i times the width of upper eyelid, which is relatively wide, slightly 

 greater than distance between nostrils. Tympanum very distinct, about 

 one-half the diameter of eye, separated from eye by a distance about 

 equal to one-fourth its own diameter. Fingers entirely free, fourth 

 finger considerably longer than second, just reaching to disk of third 

 which covers about three-fourths the tympanic area; no rudiment of 

 a pollex; toes without webs; first toe longer than second, fifth dis- 

 tinctly longer than third, disk of fourth covering about three-fourths 

 the tympanic area; an oval inner but no discernible outer metatarsal 

 tubercle; no tarsal ridge; no|dermal appendage on heel. Body elongate, 

 in postaxillary region distinctly narrower than greatest width of head; 

 when hind leg is adpressed, heel reaches posterior margin of eye; 



