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Hyla vigilans Solano, 1971, a second species for the genus Scarthyla, redescription and distribution in Venezuela and Colombia

Fundación AndígenA. Apartado Postal 210. 5101-A. Mérida. Venezuela
Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias, Mérida, Venezuela
Laboratiorio de Anfibios, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Museo de Biología Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo
Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira (UNET) Av. Universidad, Paramillo San Cristóbal, Táchira 5001, Venezuela
Amphibia Hyla vigilans Scarthyla Hylidae Hylinae redescription distribution Venezuela Colombia

Abstract

Hyla vigilans, a poorly known hylinae from Venezuela and Colombia, is redescribed and assigned to the genus Scarthyla based on external morphology and osteology. The call is analysed from localities from both sides of the Andes. When adult, Scarthyla vigilans is indistinguishable externally from S. goinorum; only calls and larvae distinguish the two species.

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