CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIA OF MEXICO 71 



PTEKNOHYLA FODIENS Bonlenger 



Pternohyla fodiens Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 10, 1882, pp. 



326-327, figs.— GiJNTHER, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Reptilia and Batra- 



chia, 1901, p. 292, pi. 74, fig. B.— Kellogg, U. S. Nat. Mas. Bull. 160 1932, 



pp. 131, 135-137. 

 Hyla rudis Mocquard, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 9, vol. 1, 1899, pp. 163-164, 



pi. 1, fig. 3 (Guadalajara and Jalisco in Mexico; Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris No. 



373a). 



Type.— But. Mus. No. 1882.11.27.8. 



Type locality. — Presidio 50 miles from Mazatldn, Sinaloa, Mexico. 



Range. — Sonora to Colima. Specimens have been examined or re- 

 ported from Sonora: Noria; Jalisco: 3 miles east of Aiitldn; near Colo- 

 titlan, Cerro de Cal, El Fuerte (near Ocotldn), Guadalajara, Hacienda 

 Santa Alaria Magdalena, Jamay, Magdalena, Guadalajara; Nayarit: 

 Acaponeta, Tepic; Sinaloa: Alazatldn, Presidio de Mazatldn, Rosario 

 (250 feet altitude) ; Colima: Colima, Quescria, Buena Vista. 



Genus AGALYCHNIS Cope 



Agalychnis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 16, 1864, p. 181. 



Genotype. — Hyla callidryas Cope. 



Range. — Central Veracruz and Guerrero to Ecuador. 



Species. — Six, three of which occur in Mexico. 



KEY TO MEXICAN SPECIES OF AGALYCHNIS 



1. Fingers strongly webbed (one-half to two-thirds) ; toes three-fourths to 



fully webbed; digital disks much wider than digits; green above (with a 

 few small cream spots present or absent) ; ventral and concealed surfaces 



orange; 80 mm moreletii (p. 71) 



Fingers webbed one-half or less, toes two-thirds or less 2 



2. Fingers very slightly webbed; toes about one-third webbed; terminal toe 



pads scarcely wider than digits; green above, white or yellowish cream 

 below and on concealed surfaces; luimerous discrete white spots low on 



sides (occasionally on back); eyes not red; 107 mm dacnicolor (p. 72) 



Fingers about one-third, toes one-third webbed or slightly more; terminal 

 pads distinctly wider than digits; a series of dark (or green) quadrangular 

 marks low on side, separated by diagonal cream lines; eye red; body 

 green above, yellowish or white below; 55 mm callidryas (p. 72) 



AGALYCHNIS MORELETII (A. DumCril) 



H7jla moreletii A. Dum^ril, Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, ser. 3, zool., vol. 19, 1853, p. 169. 

 Agalychnis moreletii Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev., 1860, p. 110.— Taylor and Smith, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 95, 1945, pp. 599-601, pi. 31. 

 Phyllomediisa moreletii Kellogg, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 160, 1932, pp. 142-143, 



146-147, figs. 19a, 20a. b. 

 Hyla holochlora Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860 (1861), pp. 460-461, pi. 



32, fig. 2 (Cobiin, Guatemala; Brit. Mus. No. 641.26.142). 



