FEB ] 9 1992 OCCASIONAL PAPERS m , HARVARD of the MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas NUMBER 147. PAGES 1-21 23 JANUARY 1992 SOME HYLID FROGS FROM THE GUIANA HIGHLANDS, NORTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA: NEW SPECIES, DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORDS, AND A GENERIC REALLOCATION William E. Duellman 1 and Marinus S. Hoogmoed 2 Abstract: Three new species of Hyla are named from the Guianan region of northeastern South America. Hyla hadroceps, a species of unknown relationships from southern Guyana, has a large, blunt head and tuberculate dorsal skin. Hyla roraima, a member of the Hyla geographica group, and Hyla warreni, a species of unknown relationships, occur on Mt. Roraima in western Guyana. Hyla kanaima Goin and Woodley, a member of the Hyla geographica group, is reported from Mt. Roraima and redescribed. Hyla rodriguezi Rivero is placed in the genus Osteocephalus. Key words: Hyla hadroceps, Hyla roraima, Hyla warreni, new species; Osteocephalus rodriquezi; Guyana; Venezuela. Resumen: Se denominan tres especies nuevas de Hyla de la region de las Guyanas en el noreste de Sudamerica. Hyla hadroceps, especie de relaciones desconocidas del sur de Guyana, tiene una cabeza grande y roma, y la piel del dorso con tuberculos. Hyla roraima, miembro del grupo Hyla geographica, e Hyla warreni, especie de relaciones desconocidas, occuren en el Monte Roraima en Guyana occidental. Se reporta de Monte Roraima, Guyana, y redescribe a Hyla kanaima Goin and Woodley, miembro del grupo Hyla geographica. Se ubica a Hyla rodriguezi Rivero en el genero Osteocephalus. 'Curator, Division of Herpetology, Museum of Natural History, and Professor, Department of Systematics and Ecology. The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2454, USA. 2 Head, Department of Vertebrates, and Curator, Herpetology. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Postbus 9517, 2300 Leiden. The Netherlands. © Museum of Natural History. The University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Some hylid frogs from the Guiana Highlands, northeastern South America: new species, distributional records, and a generic reallocation
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