6t4i O / 2^9 MU8, COMP. ZOC LIBRARY OCCASIONAL PAPERS OCT 3 1980 of the MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY* ' The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas NUMBER 87, PAGES 1-40 OCTOBER 17, 1980 A REVIEW OF THE PHYLLOMEDUSA BUCKLEYI GROUP (ANURA: HYLIDAE) By David C. Cannatella 1 The leaf-frogs of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae are among the most kzarre residents of the Neotropics. Currently, the group con-Stl? e iQ^T r x7 A f kjC} T> Pach y^dusa, and Phyllomedusa loll, H ' 1 } ; M T berS ° f thG genUS ^lychnis inhabit humid lowland and montane forests of Middle America and northwestern \iZ fltr nC 'l ' S P 11 ^ T dudeS dght S P edes ' most ™* bril-liant flash colors and well-developed interdigital webbing. The monotypic Pachy medusa has a robust body and oeeurs in the dry lowlands of western Mexico. The genus Phyllomedusa-^ unna^ ural assemblage of about 30 species-is primarily South American; only two species are known from Central America (see Duellman 1977, for list of species). The more specialized species of Phyllo-7JZ Z G h f\r^ graSplng f6et ' and demonstrate a walking, rather than the leaping gait characteristic of Agalychnis. exemnS ° ne p f^ eme ™ morphology among phyllomedusines is exempl fied in Phyllomedusa sauvagei, a plain, xericadapted spe-cies with enormous parotoid glands and specialized grasping feet wiA no webbing. In contrast, Agalychnis callidryas, occurring in wehh , T P1 T l0 w andS ' haS gaudy flash colors an <* extensively webb ed hands and feet. Between these extremes is a group of rela-Sn g r n T? GS inhabitin S northwestern South America and southern Central America-the Phyllomedusa huckleyi group em.mVT?* ° f th [ S Paper are 1} to define the P -b ™Ueyi group, 2) to diagnose the species, and 3) to present new data and to review the available data on the biology of the species. x Division of Herpetology, Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045. ' university ot
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