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Biifo (jranulosus Spix. — Santa Marta to 2,200 feet on San Lorenzo; 

 Gaira ; Fundacion; Aracataca (Rehn and Hebard) ; Valencia; Valle de 

 Upar. Found in damp places (about streams, ditches, ponds, etc.), on the 

 desert and savanna, and in the flood-plain forest at Valle de Upar. 



Hyla crepitans Wied. — Fundacion; Aracataca (Rehn and Hebard); 

 Palomina and La Concepcion (W. W. Brown) ; Arroyo de Arenas. At 

 Fundacion headlighted about the open ponds and marshes, both on the 

 ground and in bushes ; at Arroyo de Arenas taken in the flood-plain forest. 

 On August 8, 19 1 3, the species was breeding- in numbers in an open marsh 

 at Fundacion. 



Hyla vilsoniana Cope. — A single specimen taken in a clearing at Fun- 

 dacion is referred to this species. , 



Hyla imdcrtvoodi Boulenger. — Aracataca (Rehn and Hebard) ; Fun- 

 dacion. Headlighted in an open marsh at Fundacion. Of four specimens 

 from Fundacion two are tan with four brown stripes and two are silvery 

 with one gray stripe on each side. 



Hyla venidosa (Laurenti). — A large adult taken in the forest at Fun- 

 dacion. The specimen is indistinguishable from specimens taken in British 

 Guiana. 



Cryptobatrachiis fiihrmanni (Peracca). — San Lorenzo, 4,000 to 5,500 

 feet. Found along the streams in the quebradas, the adults among rocks 

 and under leaves, the young clinging to rocks in the streams. (PI. XH, 

 fig. 2. ) 



In using the name Cryptobatrachus fiihrmanni the writer does not wish 

 to give the impression that he is convinced Noble-° is in error in referring 

 the species to Peters' genus Hyloscirtus. At least to the satisfaction of the 

 writer, however. Noble has clearly established neither its generic identity 

 with Hyloscirtus bogotensis nor its family relationships. In 191 3 Boulenger 

 identified certain specimens from the Santa Marta Mountains as a new 

 genus of the family Leptodactylidae, and the writer described these 

 under the name of Cryptobatrachus boiilengcri. Later, in 1920, suspecting 

 that the specimens thus described were immature individuals and males of 

 fiihrmanni, an effort was made to secure a series of specimens, and with 

 this material at hand it is evident that only one form is to be recognized. 

 The writer believes that Peracca was in error in referring the form to the 

 genus Hyla. The fact that the sacral diapophyses are not dilated separates 

 it from most of the forms in that genus. No characters are given in the 

 description that makes it impossible to place it in the genus Hyloscirtus, 

 but until a comparative study can be made of Hyloscirtus bogotensis and 

 the form under discussion the writer prefers to consider Peters' species as 

 one of doubtful generic affinities. 



Noble places fiihrmanni in the family Leptodactylidae because it has 

 "the cylindrical diapophyses of the leptodactylids," "the form of the sacral 

 diapophyses is of more diagnostic value than the shape of the terminal 



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