A New Hylid Frog from Eastern Mexico. University of Kansas Publication, Vol 1, No 15

A New Hylid Frog from Eastern Mexico by Edward H. Taylor delivers a crisp, authoritative account of a previously undescribed Hyla species discovered in Veracruz, Mexico. This classic herpetology monograph (natural history/scientific monograph) presents the formal description, diagnosis, and measurements of the new hylid frog—illustrated with a figure and based on type and paratype specimens collected 2 km west of Jico at 4,200 ft. Taylor’s text details distinctive morphological traits (bulbous snout projection, degree of finger and toe webbing, tympanum, skin texture, prominent inner metatarsal tubercle, tibiotarsal articulation reaching the nostril, and horizontal pupil), precise metric data, and locality information essential to taxonomy. Placed in its 1948 University of Kansas context, the study reflects mid-20th-century fieldwork and museum-based taxonomy, including collector notes and specimen cataloguing practices. Ideal for herpetologists, taxonomists, museum curators, naturalists, and students of amphibian biodiversity, this audiobook offers a direct encounter with primary scientific description and historical field research. Listen to explore a foundational species account in the study of Mexican amphibians and classical taxonomic methodology.