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- Title: Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group
- Author : M. J. Fouquette
- Release Date : January 09, 2010
- Genre: Nature,Books,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 168 KB
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The small yellow tree frogs, Hyla microcephala and its relatives are among the most frequently heard and commonly collected frogs in the lowlands of southern México and Central America. The similarities in size proportions and coloration of the different species have resulted not so much in a multiplicity of specific names, but in differences of opinion on the application of existing names to the various taxa. For example the populations on the Atlantic lowlands have been known by three names, two of which have been applied to other taxa. Much of the confusion has been the result of previous workers unfamiliarity with the animals in life and unawareness of the intraspecific geographic variation in the most widespread species.