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Hyla strigilata brieni de Witte 



Plate 13, Figures e-g 



1926. Hyla catherinae Miranda- Ribeiro (part), p. 80 (specimens from Sao Paulo), 



pi. 5, fig. 4. 

 1930. Hyla brieni de Witte, 1930a, p. 227, pi. 8, figs. 3, 4 (type locality, Sao 



Paulo). 

 1937. Hyla catarinae (sic) Mello-Leitao, p. 330. 



Description. — Adult male, USNM 97816, Alto da Serra, Sao Paulo. 

 Vomerine teeth in two short, heavy, transverse series lying close 

 together on a level with the posterior borders of the choanae; tongue 

 three-fourths as wide as mouth-opening, broadly cordiform, its pos- 

 terior border free and deeply notched; snout large, rounded when 

 viewed from above, truncate in profile, the upper jaw extending con- 

 siderably beyond lower; nostrils more superior than lateral, consider- 

 ably projecting, their distance from end of snout about one-third 

 that from eye, separated from each other by an interval equal to 

 about two-thirds their distance from eye. Canthus rostralis slightly 

 defined ; loreal region concave and very oblique, the upper lip flaring 

 out strongly below it. Eye large, very prominent, its diameter equal 

 to its distance from nostril; interorbital diameter slightly less than 

 width of upper eyelid, which is relatively wide, slightly greater than 

 distance between nostrils. Tympanum very distinct, about three- 

 fifths the diameter of eye, separated from eye by a distance nearly 

 equal to its own diameter. Fingers entirely free, fourth considerably 

 longer than second, just reaching to disk of third which covers about 

 two-thirds the tympanic area; no rudiment of a pollex; toes slightly 

 more than one-half w^ebbed, third and fifth sabequal, disk of fourth 

 covering about one-half the tympanic area; a distinct oval imier and 

 a smaller but equally distinct rounded outer metatarsal tubercle; no 

 tarsal ridge; no dermal appendage on heel. Body not elongate,, in 

 postaxillary region a little narrower than greatest width of head ; when 

 hind leg is adpressed, heel reaches almost to nostril; when limbs are 

 laid along the sides, knee and elbow considerably overlap; when 

 hind legs are bent at right angles to body, heels overlap greatly. 

 Skin of upper parts highly glandular, with prominent, elongate, wart- 

 like tubercles arising from various areas in which the glandules of the 

 skin appear particularly concentrated, these tubercles particularly 

 conspicuous on snout, including loreal and canthal regions, on upper 

 eyelids and occiput, along the dorsolateral regions, where they occur 

 in regular places corresponding to the color pattern, on the sacral 

 region, and around the anus; a few less-well-developed tubercles on 

 upper surfaces of arm and tibia; a rather narrow glandular ridge 

 encircling upper part of tympanum; skin of throat, chest, belly, and 

 lower femur uniformly and very finely granular; traces of a skinfold 



