TYPE SPECIES: Hyla smithii Boulenger, 1902.

DIAGNOSIS: This genus is diagnosed by 92 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial protein and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these molecular synapomorphies. We are not aware of any morphological synapomorphy.

ETYMOLOGY: From Tlaloc, the Olmec God of the rain, 1 connecting ­ o 1 Hyla. The gender is feminine.

COMMENTS: The inclusion of Hyla godmani and H. loquax is tentative and based on its association with H. picta and H. smithii in the former H. godmani group by Duellman (2001). The larvae of H. loquax and H. smithii share a reduction in the length of the third posterior tooth row (Caldwell, 1986; Lee, 1996). This feature is not present in the larvae of H. godmani as described by Duellman (1970).

CONTENTS: Four species. Tlalocohyla godmani (Günther, 1901), new comb.; Tlalocohyla loquax (Gaige and Stuart, 1934), new comb.; Tlalocohyla picta (Günther, 1901), new comb.; Tlalocohyla smithii (Boulenger, 1902), new comb.