FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 119 



The legs and ventral region were gamboge yellow, and the feet were 

 orange. 



Specimens examined 



BRAZIL: ZSBS 1174/0, Martins; MHNP 4866, Vautier; MHNP 4869 (3), 

 Gaudichaud; MHNP 86-128, Montandon. 

 Amazonas: Manacapuri-Solimoes, ZSBS 34/1924, Erhardt, Nov. 15, 1924. 

 Bahia: Bahia, MP 273. 



DisTRiCTO Federal: Bom Successo, USNM 96204-6, A. Lutz, Feb. 2, 1925. 

 Manguinhos, USNM 96140-3, A. Lutz, Feb. 12, 1923; USNM 97353-8 and 

 101130, Venancio, January-May, 1935, IB 120 (5). Rio de Janeiro, USNM 

 76294, A. Lutz; USNM 123575, B. Lutz, December 1940. Quinta do 

 Imperador, USNM 96398, A. Lutz, Feb. 27, 1921. 

 MiNAS Gerais: MP 267. Marianna, MP 704. 

 ParX: BM 1926.9.18.1, Moss. 



Peknambuco, Zona da Matta, USNM 97093, Pickel, October 1926. 

 Rio db Janeiro: Angra dos Reis, USNM 70522-4, Metcalf, Oct. 15, 1925. 

 ECUADOR: Angostura, USNM 20601, Kerr, Feb. 2, 1893. Tanayen, ZMB 



72.10173 and 72.10174 (2), Buckley. 

 FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne, MHNP 4865 (2), Leprieur. 



SURINAM: ZMB 27056 and 27133, Heller; MHNP 4868, Levaillant. Para- 

 maribo, ZSBS 56/1925, Fritsche, 1924. 



Hyla minuta Peters 



Plates 9, Figures e-h, 10, Figures a-f 



1872. Hyla minuta Peters, 1872a, p. 680 (type locality, near Rio de Janeiro). — 

 BouLENGER, 1882a, p. 389.— Baumann, 1912, p. 163. — Nieden, 1923, 

 p. 287.— Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, p. 89.— Mertens, 1928, p. 298.— 

 Myers, 1946, pp. 13, 31. 



1887. Hyla velata Cope, p. 46 (type locality, Chapada, Mato Grosso). — Baumann, 



1912, p. 163.— Nieden, 1923, p. 289.— Mirando-Ribeiro, 1926, p. 91. 



1888. Hyla bivittata Boulenger, 1888a, p. 188 (type locality, Lages, Santa 



Catarina); 1888c, p. 417; 1890, p. 326; 1891b, p. 456.— Nieden, 1923, 

 p. 294.— Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, p. 82.— deWitte, 1930a, p. 227. 

 1912. Hyla bisiitata (sic) Baumann, p. 163. 



1925. Hyla pallens A. Lutz, 1925b, p. 212 (type locality, marshes in Rio and 



neighboring States); 1926a, pp. 7, 14.— Mertens, 1929, p. 287. — Myers, 

 1946, pp. 12, 30. 

 1927. Hyla emrichi Mertens, p. 1, figs. 1, 2 (type locality, Montserrat, near 

 P6rto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul). 



1926. Hyla suturata Miranda-Ribeiro, p. 93, pi. 10, figs. 5-5b (type locality, 



Teres6polis, Rio de Janeiro). 



Description. — Young female, ZMB 7300 (part; cotype oiH. minuta), 

 city of Rio de Janeiro. Vomerine teeth in two moderately long, well- 

 separated, fairly heavj' patches, slightly convergent posteriorly, 

 lying partly between and behind the choanae; tongue a little more than 

 half the width of mouth-opening, broadly cordiform with a distinct 

 median notch in its free posterior border, and a posterior median 

 groove; snout short and rounded when viewed from above, sloping 



