80 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 206 



Hyla albopunctata Spiz 



FiGUBE 9 



1801. Hyla hoans (not of Linnaeus) Latreille, p. 184. — Datjdin, 1802, p. 31, 

 pi. 11; 1803, p. 64. — Dum^ril and Bibron, 1841, p. 605. — Burmeister, 

 1856, p. 108.— GttNTHER, 1858, pp. 102, 146, pi. 8, fig. d.— Boulenger, 

 1882a, p. 360.— Peracca, 1904a, p. 13.— Baumann, 1912, p. 102.— 

 Beebe, 1919, p. 208; 1925, p. 125.— Ruthven, 1919, p. 13.— Nieden, 

 1923, p. 307.— Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, p. 84, fig. 49.— Parker, 1928, 

 p. 98; 1935, p. 511. — Crawford, 1931, p. 34. — Crawford and Jones, 

 1933, p. 90.— Carvalho, 1939a, p. 279.— Schubart, 1939, p. 51.— 

 Mebtens, 1940, p. 195. — Travassos and Freitas, 1942, p. 282. 



1824. Hyla albopunctata Spix, p. 33, pi. 6, fig. 5 (type locality not given). — 

 Peters, 1873a, p. 207.— Andersson, 1900, p. 17.— Shreve, 1935, p. 211. 



1830. Auletris boans Wagler, p. 201. 



1838. Hypsiboas boans Tschudi, p. 72. 



1858. Hyla multifasciata Gunther, p. 101, pi. 8, fig. d (type locality, Pard). 



1862. Hyla oxyrhina Reinhardt and Lutken, p. 189 (type locality, Lagoa Santa, 

 Minas Gerais). — Cope, 1863, p. 48. 



1867. Hypsiboas albipunctatus Cope, p. 201. 



Description. — Adult male, USNM 97887, Bello Horizonte, Minas 

 Gerais. Vomerine teeth in two moderately heavy y \-shaped 

 patches between and behind the posterior borders of the choanae; 

 tongue slightly more than one-half the width of mouth-opening, 

 distinctly elongate, with a slight indentation on its posterior border, 

 which is scarcely free; snout quite elongate, slightly pointed when 

 viewed from above and in profile, the upper jaw projecting consider- 

 ably beyond the lower; nostrils lateral, scarcely projecting, their 

 distance from end of snout about one-half that from eye, separated 

 from each other by an interval equal to their distance from eye. 

 Canthus rostralis blunt but well defined, loreal region slightly con- 

 cave, nearly vertical. Eye rather large, its diameter almost equal to 

 its distance from end of snout; interorbital diameter equal to that of 

 upper eyelid, slightly less than distance between nostrils. Tym- 

 panum distinct, large, about two-thirds the diameter of the eye, 

 separated from eye by an interval equal to about one-third its own 

 diameter. Fingers webbed only at the base, fourth much longer 

 than second, reaching to base of disk of third, which covers about 

 one-fourth the tympanic area; a very slight rudiment of a poUex; 

 toes one-half webbed, third and fifth subequal, disk of fourth very 

 small, covering only about one-sixth the tympanic area; a small, 

 distinct inner but no outer metatarsal tubercle; a very faint ridge 

 along inside of tarsus and a slightly more pronounced one on outside 

 of tarsus extending onto the heel but not forming a dermal appendage; 

 body rather elongate and moderately slender, width in postaxillary 

 region slightly less than greatest width of head; when hind leg is 

 adpressed, heel reaches considerably beyond tip of snout; when limbs 



