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Issue: Vol. 1046 No. 1: 8 Sept. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1046.1.2
Page range: 17–27
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 32

A new species of Hyla (Anura: Hylidae) from Cerro Las Flores, Oaxaca, Mexico

Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-399, c.p. 04510, México, DF, México
Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
Amphibia Anura Hyla calthula Hyla ephemera new species Hylidae Mexico Oaxaca

Abstract

Hyla ephemera, new species, is described from the cloud forests of Cerro Las Flores in south-central Oaxaca, Mexico. We tentatively place this species in the phenetic H. bistincta group. It is most similar to H. calthula in color pattern but differs in having a greater snout–vent length, a relatively shorter snout and tibia, a relatively wider head, and a larger tympanum. We also report an additional locality record for H. calthula, previously known only from the type locality.

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