axilla

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The skin on the flanks, especially the axilla, is areolate.

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

Mrs. D., aged thirty-six, prolonged suppuration due to abscess of the axilla; nine months' standing.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

In this species the lateral yellow stripe is indistinct and is persistent only in the axilla; the dorsolateral stripes terminate anterior to the hind limbs and are not separated from the tan dorsum.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

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.

There is no dark post-tympanic mark, but dark brown pigment forms a venated pattern from the axilla to the mid-flank; the inguinal region is white, finely mottled with dark brown.

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