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Skin of dorsal surfaces of head, body, and limbs faintly areolate; skin of chin, belly, and ventral surfaces of thighs granular, that of ventral surfaces of limbs, except thighs, areolate; thoracic fold absent.

From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by Duellman, William E.

This species is well designated rugosum, and is recognizable at sight by its wrinkled, areolate surface.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

The skin on the flanks of both sexes of buckleyi is weakly areolate; in the other species the flanks are smooth.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.

Thallus oblong with rounded lobes, distinctly areolate and porose, with imbricate sublunate scales beneath; gemmæ in crescent-shaped receptacles.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Osteocephalus buckleyi can be distinguished readily from all other species in the genus by the presence of areolate skin anteriorly on the flanks and by the rather boldly contrasting dorsal pattern.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.