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Specimens examined 

 BRAZIL: 



DisTBicTO Federal: Rio de Janeiro, USNM 81116-8; ZSBS 67/1947, A Lutz, 

 1932. Paineiras, slope of Corcovado, USNM 96339-45 (cotypes), A Lutz, 

 November 1923. Sumar6, USNM 96319 (cotype), A Lutz, October 1923, 

 and 96320-2, December 1923. Tijuca, USNM 96228-34, A Lutz, November 

 1920; USNM 96235-6, A Lutz, December 1922; USNM 96237, A. Lutz, 

 Nov. 2, 1928. Tijuca, Sumare, and Corcovado, USNM 96347-8 (cotypes), 

 A Lutz. 



Rio de Janeiro: Angra dos Reis, USNM 96478 (cotype), Pugas, Apr. 26, 1924. 

 Barro Branco, MZUM 104179 (2), Bailey, 1941. Mountains of Rio de 

 Janeiro, USNM 96352 (2 tadpoles), A. Lutz. Serra da Bocaina, USNM 

 96564-7 and 96601-7, A. Lutz, Jan. 2-19, 1930. 



Hyla albomarginata Spix 



Plate 15, Figures d-f 



1824. Hyla albomarginata Spix, p. 33, pi. 8, fig. 1 (type locality, Bahia) . — Tschudi, 

 1838, p. 72.— DuM^RiL and Bibron, 1841, p. 555.— GtJNTHER, 1858, 

 p. 98; 1901, p. 284.— Reinhardt and L^tken, 1862, p. 186. — Stein- 

 dachner, 1867, p. 57. — Cunningham, 1871b, p. 468. — Peters, 1872b, 

 p. 771.— F. MtJLLER, 1882, p. 140.— Boulenger, 1882a, p. 356; 1900, p. 56.— 

 Werner, 1897a, p. 220.— Wandolleck, 1907, p. 13.— Baumann, 1912, 

 p. 101; 1917, pp. 132, 143.— Beebe, 1919, p. 207; 1925, p. 124.— Nieden, 

 1923, p. 260.— Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, p. 74.— Mertens, 1926a, p. 4; 

 1928, p. 298; 1930, p. 162; 1950, pp. 174-175, 180, fig. 4.— A. Lutz, 1927, 

 pp. 38, 43.— Ahl, 1931b, p. 2 (in sep.), fig.— Crawford, 1931, p. 33.— 

 Parker, 1935, p. 511.— Myers, 1946, pp. 13, 31.— B. Lutz, 1949b, 

 p. 555, fig. 2. 



1824. Hyla cinerascens Spix, p. 35, pi. 8, fig. 4 (type locality, Ecgd [Ega] on the 

 SolimSes). 



1824. Hyla infulata Wibd, 1824 b, p. 671 (type locality not given) ; 1825, p. 533.— 

 BuRJviEisTER, 1856, p. 97, pi. 30, figs. 1-6. 



1830. Hypsiboas albomarginatus Wagler, p. 201. — Fitzinger, 1843, p. 30. — 

 Cope, 1886, p. 273. 



1860. Phyllobius albomarginatus Fitzinger, p. 412. 



1860. Phyllobius exanthematiciis Fitzinger, p. 413. 



1930. Hyla massarti deWitte, 1930a, p. 225 (type locality. Botanical Gardens, 

 city of Rio de Janeiro). 



Description. — Adult female, USNM 97244, Manguinhos, city of 

 Rio de Janeiro. Vomerine teeth in two heavy, well separated, 

 posteriorly diverging patches between the rather large choanae; 

 tongue three-fourths the width of mouth-opening, cordiform, with a 

 deep notch on its free posterior border; snout moderate in length, 

 rounded when viewed from above, truncate and sloping backwards 

 in profile, the upper jaw scarcely extending beyond the lower; nostrils 

 superolateral, only slightly projecting, their distance from end of 

 snout about one-half that from eye, separated from each other by an 

 interval equal to three-fifths their distance from eye. Canthus 

 rostralis very well defined, loreal region slightly concave and sloping 



