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Comparative skull osteology of Hypopachus guancasco sp. nov. (UF 157250, left in all pairs) and H. barberi (UTA A-7565, right in all pairs) scaled to be equal in size (scale bars are 3 mm). A/D: dorsal view; B/E: ventral view; C/F: lateral view. Abbreviations: angulo ¼ angulosplenial, exo ¼ exoccipital, frpr ¼ frontoparietal, max ¼ maxillary, mmk ¼ mentomackelian bone, nas ¼ nasal, oper ¼ operculum, para ¼ parashenoid, pmax ¼ premaxilla, pro ¼ prootic, ptp ¼ pterygoid, qj ¼ quadrojugal, sphen ¼ sphenethmoid, spmax ¼ septomaxilla; sq ¼ squamosal, stp ¼ stapes, vom ¼ vomer.
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Due to their conserved morphology, cryptic species have long been problematic for taxonomists. When attempting to assess diversity and delimit species within these taxa, it has been recognized that an integrative approach can be very useful, whereby independent, yet complementary lines of evidence are utilized. New World microhylids (Anura: Microhy...
