A New Treefrog from the Sierra de Aroa, Northern Venezuela

-A new species of Hyla, H. varacuyana, is described from cloud forest at 1580-1600 m in the Sierra de Aroa, State of Yaracuy, northern Venezuela. The external appearance of the new species closely resembles those Hyla with a karyotype 2n = 30. Hyla varacuyana can be distinguished from other congeners by the following combination of characters: dorsolateral pale brown stripes present in both sexes (distinct in females, diffuse in males); anterior and posterior surface of thigh each with a large, cream, black-bordered spots; posteroventral surface of tibia cream with a large black-bordered spot; one small, wide suborbital bar; axilla with a cream, black-bordered spot; rostral, and canthal stripes absent; venter immaculate cream; mean snout-vent length 29.4 mm in males (28.5-30.4, N = 4), 36.6 in female (N = 1); humeral and tarsal