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Notable Records of Amphibians and Reptiles from Colima, Nayarit, Jalisco, and Zacatecas, México

We conducted herpetofaunal field surveys in the western Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Zacatecas from 21 June 2008 through 7 October 2012. Our efforts were focused on areas where little or no previous sampling had been done. During that time we visited seven different areas, including lower elevations of Volcán de Colima (Colima); the Tepalcatepec Valley, Sierra del Alo, Sierra de los Huicholes, Sierra Quila and Sierra del Tigre (Jalisco); Mesa del Nayar and Sierra Pajaritos (Nayarit); and near Santa Catarina (Zacatecas). All geographic coordinates were taken with a Garmin Etrex Legend Hcx, using datum WGS84. Photographic vouchers were deposited in the digital collection of The University of Texas at Arlington (UTADC). In some instances, more than one specimen was found at different localities within a municipality. Those are identified in the species accounts with UTADC numbers; full locality information for them can be acquired from records in The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) collections database. Because some of the species are under phylogenetic review, we will mention in those accounts which geographic population variant (e.g., subspecies) our samples would have been referred to in previous literature; some of those populations will most likely be elevated to full species in the near future. All specimens were verified by Eric N. Smith and/or Luis Canseco-Marquez. Common names in English were taken from Liner and Casas-Andreu (2008).

CAUDATA — SALAMANDERS

AMBYSTOMA ROSACEUM (Tarahumara Salamander). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of BolAñoS: Sierra de los Huicholes, 29 km NW of Bolaños on road to Huejuquilla (21.897844°N, 103.860368°W), 2440 m elev. 14 September 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo and M. A. Iñiguez. UTADC 7518, 7575. First record for Jalisco; the closest known locality for this species is ca. 60 airline km WSW in the Sierra de Alica, Nayarit (Canseco-Márquez et al. 2007). The salamander was found in a permanent stream in pine-oak

forest. Shaffer et al. (2013) state that it occurs in Jalisco, but do not reference any specific locality. The geographic population variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was A. r. nigrum.

PSEUDOEURYCEA BELLI (Bell’s False Brook Salamander). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of BolAñoS: Sierra de los Huicholes, 29 km NW of Bolaños on road to Huejuquilla (21.897917°N, 103.860525°W), 2445 m elev. 14 September 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7632. First municipality record and an extension of its known range ca. 75 km W from the closest known locality, 0.8 km N of Mesa de la Virgen, Sierra Morones, Zacatecas (Wilson and McCraine 1979). The salamander was found in pine-oak forest. Another sample of this species (UTADC 7503) was recorded from an additional locality within the municipality; full locality information can be assessed from the UTA collections database. The geographic population variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was P. b. belli.

ANURA — FROGS

CRAUGASTOR AUGUSTI (Barking Frog). JALISCO: MuniciPality oF MezQuitic: Sierra de los Huicholes, 85.5 km NW of Bolaños on road to Huejuquilla (22.305712°N, 103.931551°W), 2150 m elev. 14 September 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7515. First municipality record, extending the known range in Jalisco ca. 61 km NW from the closest known locality at La Laguna (= Laguna Grande) (Zweifel 1956). The frog was found under a rock in oak forest. Two additional samples were recorded from localities within the municipality (UTADC 7495, 7497); full locality information can be accessed from UTA collections database. The geographic population variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was C. a. cactorum.

ELEUTHERODACTYLUS NIVICOLIMAE (Nevado de Colima Chirping Frog). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of tecAlitlán: 16 km SE of Tecalitlán on road to Jilotlán de los Dolores (19.448328°N, 103.226213°W), 1635 m elev. 25 July 2011. C. Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7635. MuniciPality oF concePcion de Buenos aires: 1.2 km E (by trail) of 5.5 km S (by road) of La Manzanilla de la Paz, on road to Concepcion de Buenos Aires (19.965875°N, 103.194664°W), 2115 m elev. 21 August 2010. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7633, 7634. Only the fourth and fifth reported records for this species, and first municipality records that extend the range in Jalisco, respectively, 33 airline km SE of El Floripondio, Nevado de Colima, Municipality of San Gabriel (Lynch 1970) and 37 airline km NW of 21 km SE of Mazamitla, Municipality of Quitupan (Reyes-Velasco et al. 2012). Both specimens were found calling on understory plants in Pine-oak forest. While a black and white photograph was given in the description of this species, the one included herein is the first published color image of this species in the literature (Fig. 1).

INCILIUS PERPLEXUS (Confusing Toad). JALISCO: MuniciPality of Jilotlán de loS doloreS: 7.7 km NW of Tepalcatepec, Michoacán

IVÁN TRINIDAD AHUMADA-CARRILLO*Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Carretera a Nogales Km. 15.5. Las Agujas, Nextipac, Zapopan, Jalisco, México; e-mail: lepidus320@hotmail.comNADIA PÉREZ RIVERA Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Escuela de Biología, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, Col. Lajas Maciel, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México; e-mail: nperezr2101@hotmail.comJACOBO REYES-VELASCODepartment of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA; e-mail: jacobo@crotalus.comCHRISTOPH I. GRÜNWALD*Chapalajara Real Estate, Ajijic Plaza #1, Ajijic, Jalisco, México;e-mail: cgruenwald@switaki.comJASON M. JONES16310 Avenida Florencia, Poway, California 92064, USA;e-mail: jjones@switaki.com

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(19.251069°N, 102.866913°W), 498 m elev. 24 July 2011. C. Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7509. First record for Jalisco, extending the known range 53 airline km W of the closest known locality at Apatzingán, Michoacán (Duellman 1961). The toad was found AOR in tropical deciduous forest. Although this species appears to be widespread in the “Tierra Caliente” region of Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, Estado de México, Morelos, and Puebla, there exist no published photographs of this species, thus we include one of the voucher specimen (Fig. 2).

LEPTODACTYLUS FRAGILIS (Mexican White-lipped Frog). JALISCO: MuniciPality oF PihuaMo: 1.5 km S of Puente de Fatima (19.132729°N, 103.386994°W), 430 m elev. 29 July 2012. C. Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7622. First record from Jalisco, which fills a gap in the known distribution of this species between northeastern Colima and western Michoacán (Heyer et al. 2006). The frog was found calling in a flooded field surrounded by tropical deciduous forest.

LITHOBATES NEOVOLCANICUS (Transverse Volcanic Leopard Frog). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of BolAñoS: Sierra de los Huicholes, 13.5 km W of Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (21.87503°N, 103.81775°W), 1580 m elev. 13 May 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7507. First record for the municipality, extending the

range 41 airline km WNW from Cerrito Pelón, Atolinga, Zacatecas (Ahumada-Carrillo et al. 2011). The frog was found in an earthen cattle tank surrounded by oak forest.

SMILISCA FODIENS (Lowland Burrowing Treefrog). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of BolAñoS: Sierra de los Huicholes, 13.8 km W of Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (21.875403N, 103.819072°W), 1600 m elev. 20 June 2012. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7619. First municipality record that also fills a northern distributional gap between localities in Nayarit (Duellman 2001) and Municipality of Trinidad García de la Cadena, Zacatecas (Ahumada-Carrillo et al. 2011).

SQUAMATA — LIZARDS

ELGARIA KINGII (Madrean Alligator Lizard). JALISCO: MuniciPality oF MezQuitic: Sierra de los Huicholes, 88.9 km NW of Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (22.315394°N, 103.930005°W), 2075 m elev. 4 October 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7496. First municipality record, and first for this species in the Sierra de los Huicholes, extending the known range ca. 70 km NW from Atolinga, Zacatecas (Ahumada-Carrillo 2010). The lizard was found active on leaf litter in oak forest. The geographic population variant this specimen would have been referred in the past was E. k. ferruginea.

CTENOSAURA CLARKI (Michoacán Club Tail). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of Jilotlán de loS doloreS: Corongoros (south shore of Presa Constitución de Apatzingán), 10 km NNE of Tepalcatepec, Michoacán (19.265664°N, 102.793933°W), 420 m elev. 24 July 2011. C. Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7510, 7511. First record from Jalisco; the closest known locality is 9.2 km SSW at Tepalcatepec, Michoacán (Duellman 1961). Numerous other individuals were observed within tropical deciduous forest in hollowed-out tree trunks that were being used as fence posts.

HELODERMA HORRIDUM (Beaded Lizard). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of BolAñoS: Sierra de los Huicholes, 4 km W of Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (21.838889°N, 103.805111°W), 1095 m elev. 19 July 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7494, 7523, 7524. First municipality record, extending the known range ca. 95 airline km SW from the closest known locality, a dirt road between San Juan Capistrano, Zacatecas, and San Rafael de las Tablas, Durango (Avila-Villegas 2007). The lizard was found DOR in tropical deciduous forest. Reiserer et al. (2013) elevated all subspecies of H. horridum to full species, and discussed the uselessness of using subspecies designations in modern phylogenetic taxonomy. The geographic population variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was H. h. horridum.

SCELOPORUS SHANNONORUM (Shannon’s Spiny Lizard). ZACATECAS: MuniciPality oF ValParaiso: 8 km NE of Santa Catarina (22.211831°N, 103.872749°W), 2370 m elev. 14 September 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7587. First record for Zacatecas; the closest known locality is ca. 32 airline km S at Rancho la Berberia, Jalisco (Smith et al. 2006). The lizard was found in pine forest.

SQUAMATA — SNAKES

ADELOPHIS COPEI (Cope’s Mountain Meadow Snake). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of tecolotlán: Sierra de Quila, 5 km NW Quila el

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Grande (20.375999° N, 14.112879°W), 1876 m elev. 7 October 2012. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7623. First municipality record that fills a large range gap in Jalisco between La Quemada (Municipality of Magdalena) to the north and 8.7 miles (13.9 km) E of Tapalpa (Municipality of Tapalpa) to the south. (Taylor 1942; Rossman and Blaney 1968). The snake was found under a rock near a permanent stream in an ecotone between oak forest and grassland.

GEOPHIS DUGESI (Duge’s Earth Snake). JALISCO: MuniciPality of BolAñoS: Sierra de los Huicholes, 29 km NW of Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (21.898278°N, 103.859972°W), 2430 m elev. 21 June 2008.R. Mederoz, J. Padilla and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7520, 7521. First record for the municipality, extending the range 126 airline km WNW from the closest known locality, on Sierra del Laurel, Municipality of Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco (Rodriguez and Vázquez 1994). The snake was found under a rock in pine-oak forest. The geographic population variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was G. d. aquilonaris.

GEOPHIS SIEBOLDI (Siebold’s Earth Snake). COLIMA: MuniciPality oF Villa de alVarez: 7 km N of turn off to El Chivato, on Chiapa–Montitlán road (19.393047°N, 103.672008°W), 1320 m elev. 11 July 2012. J. Reyes-Velasco. UTADC 7629, 7631. First record for Colima, extending the known range of the species 18.5 km W from an unpublished record (KU 129232) at 19.8 km S of Tecalitlán, Jalisco (KU 129232). The snake was found AOR at night in a sugarcane field surrounded by secondary vegetation. JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of tecAlitlán: 16 km SE of Tecalitlán on road to Jilotlán de los Dolores (19.448328°N, 103.226213°W), 1635 m elev. 25 July 2012. C. Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7626–7628. First published record for this species in Jalisco, which is located ca. 17 km E of an unpublished record (KU 129232) from 19.8 km S of Tecalitlán, Jalisco. The snake was found DOR in pine forest. The original holotype and syntypes of this species were lost or destroyed during World War II (Downs 1957). Since the original description, this species is known from only eight specimens, one from Coalcomán, Michoacán (UMMZ 104698), one from Amula, Guerrero (BMNH 90.4.24.12), the aforementioned unpublished record from Jalisco (KU 129232), and five specimens without specific locality data (Zoologisches Museum, Berlin; ZMB 1555–1559). Aside from extending the known range, our localities constitute the first recent records

for this species, and the photograph (Fig. 3) is the initial one to appear in the literature.

LAMPROPELTIS MEXICANA (San Luis Potosí Kingsnake). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of BolAñoS: Sierra de los Huicholes, El Astillero, 27 km NW of Bolaños on road to Huejuquilla (21.888062°N, 103.855821°W), 2300 m elev. 22 June 2010. R. Mederoz. UTADC 7519. First municipality record. MuniciPality oF MezQuitic: 2.2 airline km SE of Bajío las Gallinas (22.042667°N, 103.894444°W), 2446 m elev. 28 July 2011. J. Jones, I. Ahumada-Carrillo, C. Grünwald, and J. Reyes-Velasco. UTADC 7501. First municipality record. Both sites fill a distributional gap for the species between locations west of Atolinga, Zacatecas (Ahumada-Carrillo et al. 2011), and Mesa del Nayar–Santa Teresa Hwy, Nayarit (Hansen et al. 2011). The first snake was found DOR in pine-oak forest; the second one was crossing a paved road at night in pine forest. Two additional samples (UTADC 7512, 7516) were recorded from localities within the Municipality of Mezquitic; full locality information can be accessed from the UTA collections database. The geographic population variant that all mentioned specimens would have been referred to in the past was L. m. greeri.

LEPTODEIRA SPLENDIDA (Splendid Cat-eyed Snake). JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of BolAñoS: Bolaños (21.83576°N, 103.777757°W), 892 m elev. 20 June 2012. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7618. First municipality record, extending the range of the species 80 airline km NW of the closest known locality at Mezquital del Oro, Zacatecas (Ahumada et al. 2011). The snake was found AOR in tropical deciduous forest. The geographic population variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was L. s. bressoni.

LEPTOPHIS DIPLOTROPIS (Pacific Coast Parrot Snake). JALISCO: MuniciPality oF Villa guerrero: 9 km SW Villa Guerrero (21.959250°N, 103.684500°W), 1924 m elev. 25 October 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7588, 7589. First municipality record and northernmost record in Jalisco, extending the known range ca. 140 airline km N from the closest known localities near Zapopan, Jalisco (Reyna-Bustos et al. 2007). The snake was found DOR in tropical deciduous forest. The geographic population variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was L. d. diplotropis.

MASTIGODRYAS CLIFTONI (Clifton’s Lizard Eater). JALIS-CO: MuniciPAlitY of BolAñoS: Sierra de los Huicholes, Sierra Los Huicholes, 22.4 km NW of Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (21.886000°N, 103.845389°W), 2080 m elev. 20 July 2010. I. Ahu-mada-Carrillo and J. Padilla. UTADC 7522. First municipality re-cord and first for the Sierra de los Huicholes. The closest known localities are 93 airline km SW at Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro, Nayarit, and ca. 140 km SE in the Barranca de Oblatos-Huenti-tan, Jalisco (Ponce-Campos and Huerta-Ortega 1998). The snake was found in pine-oak forest. NAYARIT: Municipality of El Nayar: near El Maguey, El Venado – Mesa de Nayar Hwy (22.145892°N, 104.752247°W), 1750 m elev. 14 August 2010. C. Grünwald and C. Rodriguez. UTADC 7586. This record fills a gap in the distribu-tion of the species, between Plomosas, Sinaloa, 127 km N, and Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro, 87 km S (Hardy and McDiarmid 1969; Ponce-Campos and Huerta-Ortega 1998). The snake was found during a foggy morning while crossing the highway in oak forest.

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MICRURUS DISTANS (West Mexican Coralsnake). NAYARIT: MuniciPality oF la yesca: Sierra Pajaritos, 5.7 airline km NW of La Yesca (21.352639°N, 104.052194°W), 2369 m elev. 28 August 2010. I. Ahumada Carrillo, C. Grünwald and J. Jones. UTADC 7571. First municipality record, first record for the Sierra Pajaritos, and by far the highest recorded elevation reported for this species (Roze 1996). The closest known records are from 40 airline km E at Magdalena, Jalisco, and 50 km W at Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro, Nayarit (Roze 1996). The snake was found in pine-oak forest. JALISCO: MuniciPAlitY of cAñAdAS de oBreGon: Presa EL Zapotillo, 17 km W Cañadas de Obregon (21.139630°N, 102.806214°W), 1708 m elev. 9 July 2012. I. Ahumada-Carrillo and J. Orozco. UTADC 7625. First municipality record, extending the range ca. 53 airline km SE from Mezquital del Oro, Zacatecas (Ahumada-Carrillo and Vazquez-Huizar 2012). The snake was found in tropical deciduous forest. The geographic population variant all specimens would have been referred to in the past was M. d. zweifeli.

THAMNOPHIS ERRANS (Mexican Wandering Gartersnake). JALISCO: MuniciPality oF MezQuitic: Sierra de los Huicholes, Bajío Las Gallinas (22.056736°N, 103.906512°W), 2560 m elev. 29 July 2011. C. Grünwald, J. Jones, I. Ahumada-Carrillo, and J. Reyes-Velasco. UTADC 7572. First record for Jalisco, extending the known range of the species 70 airline km S from the closest known locality at Valparaiso, Zacatecas (Rossman et al. 1996). The snake was found in pine forest.

THAMNOPHIS PULCHRILATUS (Mexican Highland Garter-snake). JALISCO: Municipality of Mezquitic: Sierra de los Hu-icholes, Bajío Los Amoles (22.060218°N, 103.930936°W), 2480 m elev. 5 July 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7508. First munici-pality record, and first for the Sierra de los Huicholes. The closest known localities are 101 airline km W at Santa Teresa, Nayarit, and 50 km SE at Atolinga, Zacatecas (Ahumada-Carrillo 2010). The snake was found in a bunch grass meadow surrounded by pine-oak forest.

RENA BRESSONI (Michoacán Slender Threadsnake). JALISCO: Municipality of Jilotlán de los Dolores: 17 km NW of Tepalcate-pec, Michoacán (19.307670°N, 102.909775°W), 630 m elev. 24 July 2011. C. Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7513, 7514. First record for Jalisco, extending the range 96 airline km W from the closest known locality at Hacienda El Sabino, SW of Uruapan,

Michoacán (Duellman 1961). The snake was found AOR in tropi-cal deciduous forest. This species appears to be known only from the type specimen and possibly one lost sample from Aguililla, Michoacán (Duellman 1961), and we include the first photo-graph of this species to be published in the literature (Fig. 4).

Acknowledgments.—We thank Chris Rodriguez, Mario Alberto Iñiguez, Jesús Orozco, and Rafael Mederos for their valuable assistance in the field.

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Herpetological Review, 2014, 45(2), 291–293.© 2014 by Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

First Departmental Records of Amphibians and Reptiles from Intibucá, Lempira, and Ocotepeque in Southwestern Honduras

McCranie (2007, 2011) demonstrated that the departments of Intibucá, Lempira, and Ocotepeque in southwestern Honduras were among the most understudied departments in the entire country in respect to their amphibian and snake faunas; the same holds true for the lizards and turtles in those three departments (McCranie, in prep.). On 24 November 2011 and from 14 to 20 June 2012, first departmental records for 20 species were documented from various localities, resulting in one for Intibucá, 10 for Lempira, and nine for Ocotepeque. All samples were collected by J. R. McCranie. John C. Murphy verified the identification of the FMNH specimens, except for Incilius valliceps and Holcosus undulatus, which were verified by Alan Resetar; Steve W. Gotte verified the USNM specimen. Coordinates for all localities were taken with a GPS device using map datum WGS84. Ecological life zone vegetation formations used herein (placed in parentheses) are those classified by Holdridge (1967); others refer to specific vegetation associations at collecting sites.

ANURA — FROGSleMPira

INCILIUS VALLICEPS (Southern Gulf Coast Toad; Sapo Común de Crestas Grandes). Near pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283705. Closest known locality for this species is ca. 25 km NW at a site 8 km SE of Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). The toad was active on the ground at night in a pasture adjacent to the pond in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).

DENDROPSOPHUS MICROCEPHALUS (Small-headed Tree-frog; Ranita Trepadora Amarilla). Pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283723–27. Closest known locality for this species is ca. 25 km NW at a site 8 km SE of Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). Two males were calling at night on water hyacinths (Eichhornia

crassipes) floating on surface of the pond surrounded by pasture in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).

SCINAX STAUFFERI (Stauffer’s Long-nosed Treefrog; Ranita Trepadora Nariguda). Pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283743–44. Clos-est known locality for this species is ca. 25 km NW at a site 8 km SE of Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). This species is now known from all 18 Honduran departments. Numerous males were calling at night from emerging grass stalks in flooded areas adjacent to the pond surrounded by pasture in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).

SMILISCA BAUDINII (Mexican Treefrog; Rana Trepadora Común). Near pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283745–47. Closest known local-ity for this species is ca. 27 km NW at a site 6.4 km SE of Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). This species is now known from all 18 Honduran departments. Males were calling at night from small isolated trees and on the ground in a pasture adjacent to the pond in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).

LEPTODACTYLUS MELANONOTUS (Sabinal Frog; Rani-ta de Charco de Dos Espinas). Near pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283720–22, 283749. Closest known locality for this species is ca. 75 km NW at Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). Males were calling at night from inside grass clumps in flooded pasture adjacent to the pond in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).

HYPOPACHUS VARIOLOSUS (Sheep Frog; Ranita Oveja Común). Near pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283728–29. Closest known locality for this species is ca. 25 km NW at a site 8 km SE of Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). Males were calling at night from burrows below grass clumps in and around flooded pasture ad-jacent to the pond surrounded by denuded pine-oak forest (Pre-montane Moist Forest).

JAMES R. McCRANIE 10770 SW 164TH Street, Miami, Florida 33157-2933, USAe-mail: jrmccrani@bellsouth.net