The two localities where Hyla pseudopuma infucata is known are in the maze of ridges north of Cerro Pando on the Panamanian-Costa Rican border. The Río Claro is a tributary of the Río Changena, in turn a tributary of the Río Changuinola, which receives many streams and rivers draining the northern slopes of the highlands in Bocas del Toro Province before flowing into the Caribbean. We reached the Río Claro and Río Changena by walking from Finca Santa Clara on the Pacific slopes, over the continental divide, and down the north slope of Cerro Pando.
The subspecific name is derived from the Latin infucatus, meaning painted, in allusion to the red colors on the limbs and webs.
Hyla pellita new species
Plate 18
Holotype.—Adult male, KU 100970 from 33 kilometers north of San Gabriel Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México, elevation 1675 meters; obtained on February 20, 1966, by William E. Duellman and Linda Trueb.
Paratypes.—KU 100971-2 collected with the holotype and KU 100974-5 from 30 kilometers north of San Gabriel Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México, elevation 1530 meters; same date and collectors.
Diagnosis.—A small yellowish tan Hyla characterized by tympanum concealed, anal opening not bordered below by large tubercles, brown bands on shanks, and dark flecks on roof of mouth anteriorly.
Description of holotype.—Adult male having snout-vent length of 27.3 mm.; tibia length 13.7 mm., 50.2 per cent of snout-vent length; foot length (measured from proximal edge of inner metatarsal tubercle to tip of longest toe) 11.7 mm., 42.9 per cent of snout-vent length; head length 8.7 mm., 31.9 per cent of snout-vent length. Snout in lateral profile truncate, rounded above, in dorsal profile rounded; canthus angular; loreal region slightly concave; lips thin, flared. Snout moderately long, distance from anterior corner of eye to nostril slightly less than diameter of eye; nostrils slightly protuberant, directed anterolaterally; internarial area barely depressed; distance between nostrils 2.6 mm.; top of head flat; interorbital distance 3.2 mm., 34.4 per cent of width of head. Diameter of eye 2.7 mm.; thin dermal fold extending from posterior corner of eye to point above insertion of arm; tympanum absent, not visible through skin.
Axillary membrane absent; forearms moderately slender, having indistinct tuberculate fold on ventrolateral edge, lacking distinct transverse fold on wrist; fingers short; length of fingers from shortest to longest, 1-4-2-3, fourth nearly as long as second; discs small, about half again as wide as digits; subarticular tubercules large, round, flattened, distal ones on third and fourth fingers bifid; supernumerary tubercles large, round, present only on proximal segments; prepollex barely enlarged, lacking nuptial excrecence. Web lacking between first and second fingers, extending from base of penultimate phalanx of second to base of antepenultimate phalanx of third, from middle of antepenultimate phalanx of third to distal end of antepenultimate of fourth finger. Heels overlap by about one-fifth length of shank when hind limbs adpressed; tibiotarsal articulation extending to middle of eye, tarsal fold present, extending full length of tarsus; inner metatarsal tubercle flat, ovoid, partly visible from above; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; toes short; length of toes from shortest to longest, 1-2-3-5-4; discs small, about two-thirds width of those on fingers; subarticular tubercles small, round; supernumerary tubercles small, flattened, irregularly arranged on proximal segments. Toes three-fourth webbed; web extending from base of disc of first to middle of penultimate phalanx of second, from base of disc of second to middle of penultimate phalanx of third, from base of disc of third to base of penultimate phalanx of fourth and to base of disc of fifth toe.
Anal opening directed posteriorly at level of dorsal surfaces of thighs, bordered below by vertical dermal folds and few small tubercles; anal sheath absent. Skin heavily granular on throat, chest, belly and ventral surfaces of thighs, smooth elsewhere. Tongue cordiform, deeply notched posteriorly, barely free behind. Prevomerine teeth 3-4, situated on short elevations between small round choanae; vocal slits absent.