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~Agalychnis alcorni~ Taylor [= Phyllomedusa dacnicolor Cope, according to Duellman (Herpetologica, 13:29, 1957)], Copeia, 1952(1):31, figs. 1-2, June 2, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 29763, South bank of Río Tepalcatepec, 17 miles south of Apatzingán, Michoacán, México; J. R. Alcorn; November 30, 1950.

PARATYPE.--No. 28100, 0.5 miles east of San Blas, Nayarit, México; J. R. Alcorn; January 6, 1949.

~Agalychnis saltator~ Taylor [= Phyllomedusa saltator (Taylor), according to Funkhouser (Occas. Papers Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ., 5:36, 1957)], Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37:527, fig. 10, October 15, 1955.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 35615, Finca Bosco, 5 kilometers north-northeast of Tilarán, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 14, 1954.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 35609-10, 35612-35614, 35616-35620, 35622-35626, data same as for holotype.

NOTE.--Taylor (1955:527) erroneously gave the type locality as 4 kilometers north-northeast of Tilarán; in Taylor’s field catalogue and in the museum catalogue the locality is listed as 5 kilometers north-northeast of Tilarán. Paratypes 35611 and 35621, listed by Taylor, have been exchanged with the Stanford Natural History Museum.

~Atelopus loomisi~ Taylor--See Atelopus varius loomisi Taylor.

~Atelopus varius loomisi~ Taylor [= Atelopus loomisi Taylor, according to Taylor (Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37:517, 1955)], Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35:625, fig. 7, July 1, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 24746, Isla Bonita, Heredia Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; June 26, 1947.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 24742-24745, same locality as on holotype, August 1-5, 1947.

~Bufo holdridgei~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35:607, fig. 3, July 1, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 30885, Volcán Barba, Heredia Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 15, 1951.

~Centrolenella spinosa~ Taylor [= Teratohyla spinosa (Taylor), according to Taylor (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 64:35, 1951)], Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33:259, April 20, 1949.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 23809, Los Diamantes, 1 kilometer east of Guápiles, Limón Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; September 7, 1947.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 23810-23811, data same as on holotype.

~Cochranella albomaculata~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33:267, April 20, 1949.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 23814, Los Diamantes, 1 kilometer east of Guápiles, Limón Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; September 7, 1947.

~Cochranella chirripoi~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 39:59, fig. 10, November 18, 1958.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 36865, Cocales Creek, Suretka, Limón Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; June 29-30, 1954.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 36862-36864, 36866-36870, data same as on holotype.

~Cochranella colymbiphyllum~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33:262, April 20, 1949.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 23812, Isla Bonita, Heredia Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; July 29, 1947.

~Cochranella decorata~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 39:50, fig. 6, November 18, 1958.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 36896, Hacienda La Florencia, about 3 miles west of Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Jack Reark; November, 1952.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 36883-36884, San José, San José Province, Costa Rica; Marco Tulio Pacheco; summer, 1954.

NOTE.--The locality of the paratypes is not definite; Taylor presumed that they were from San José. See note under the following species.

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