axilla

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Ventrolateral glands well developed, reaching axilla and groin and narrowly separated on chest.

From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.

The temperature in the axilla is normally about half a degree lower than in the mouth.

From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red

A dark stripe extends from the nostril to the eye and thence posteriorly to a point between the axilla and groin.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.

Flanks dark brown with pale blue spots in axilla and groin and bluish white flecks on mid-flank.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

Ventrolateral glands noticeably thickened, extending from axilla nearly to groin and only narrowly separated medially on chest.

From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by Duellman, William E.