CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIA OF MEXICO 55 



MICROBATRACHYLUS lAOTATOR Taylor 



Microbatrachylus imitator Taylor, Uiiiv. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol 28 1942 pp 

 70-71, pi. 6, figs. 1, la, lb, Ic. , , . 



Type.— U.S.N. M. No. 115508. 



Type locality. — La Esperanza (near Escuintla), Chiapas, Mexico. 

 Range.— -Known only from the type locality, and Colonia Hidalgo 

 in Chiapas. 



MICROBATRACHYLUS PYGMAEUS (Taylor) 



Eleuiherodactylus pygmaeus Taylor, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., vol. 39, 1936 



(1937), pp. 352-354, pi. 1, figs. 3, 4. 

 Microhatrachijlus pygmaeus Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 26, 1939 (1940), 



pp. 500-501. — Taylor and Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 95, 1945, p. 



565. 



Type.—EWY-RMS No. 3691. 



Type locality. — One mile north of Kodriguez Clara, Veracruz, 

 Mexico. 



Range. — Veracruz, eastern Oaxaca, Chiapas and Guerrero. Re- 

 ported from Veracruz: Potrero Viejo, Cuautlapan; Oaxaca: Matlas 

 Romero; Chiapas: La Esperanza (near Escuintla), Colonia Hidalgo, 

 Colonia Soconusco, Las Nubes, Cerro Ovando, Finca Judrez, La 

 Magnolia, Salto de Agua on Mount Ovando; Guerrero: Agua del 

 Obispo and 12 miles south of Chilpancingo. 



MICROBATRACHYLUS HOBARTSMITHI (Taylor) 



Eleuiherodactylus hobartsmithi Taylor, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., vol. 39, 1936 



(1937), pp. 355-357, pi. 1, figs. 5, 6. 

 Microbatrachylus hobartsmithi Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 26, 1939 



(1940), pp. 501-502. 



Type.—ERT-HMS No. 3688. 



Type locality. — Near Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico. 



Range. — Southwestern portion of the central plateau of Mexico. 



Recorded from Mexico: 10 miles west of Villa Victoria; Jalisco: 20 



mUes west of Guadalajara; Michoacan: Mirador in Zimba National 



Forest. 



Genus LEPTODACTYLUS Fitzinger 



Leptodactylus Fitzinger, Neue Classification der Reptilien, 1826, p. 38. 



Genotype. — Leptodactylus typhonia Fitzinger=i?an(i typhonia (part) 

 Daudin (nee Rana typhonius Linnaeus, 1758). 



Range. — Southern Texas and Sonora to Argentina, the Antilles, and 

 the islands of San Andres and Providence. 



Species. — About 60 are known, 3 of which occur in Mexico. 



