FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 151 



Hyla squalirostris A. Lutz 



Figure 18 



1925. Hyla squalirostris A. Lutz, 1925b, p. 212 (type locality, marsbes of the 

 Serra da Bocaina [boundary of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo]) ; 1926a, 

 pp. 7, 14. 



Description. — Adult male, USNM 96719 (cotype), Bonito, Serra da 

 Bocaina, Rio de Janeiro. Vomerine teeth in two short, transverse, 

 well-separated, heavy groups between and extending slightly behind 

 the posterior level of the choanae; tongue two-thirds as wide as mouth- 

 opening, very elongate, oval in shape, its posterior margin shghtly 

 free and with a trace of an indentation; snout very long and pointed 

 when seen from above, angularly pointed in profile, the upper jaw 

 projecting greatly beyond the lower; nostrils superior, slightly pro- 

 jecting, their distance from end of snout one-third that from eye, 



Figure 18.— ^y/a squalirostris, USNM 96719: a, Dorsum X l]4\ b, profile X IH; c, 



footX 3;d, handX 3. 



separated from each other by an interval equal to three-fifths their 

 distance from eye. Canthus rostralis long, well-defined towards the 

 nostrils; loreal region concave, sloping outwards. Eye relatively 

 small, not particularly prominent, its diameter less than half its 

 distance from end of snout; interorbital diameter twice the width of 

 upper eyelid, which is relatively narrow, about 1% times the distance 

 between the nostrils. Tympanum very distinct, three-fifths the 

 diameter of eye, separated from eye by four-fifths its own diameter. 

 Fingers without any vestige of^a web, second and fourth subequal, 

 disk of third covering one- third the tympanic area; no rudiment of a 



