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R. Zweifel
April 23, 1951
285
Rana boylii mucrosa
Injares Camp Ground, Little Rock Creek,
San Gabriel Mtns, Los Angeles Co., Calif
1444, R. Zweifel
Frog in leaf pile
The ground color is light greenish-grey.
There are irregular dark markings dorsally and
laterally. These markings as amorphid spots
ranging in diameter from two to
four millimeters. There are about 16 of the
spots on the back between the dorsolateral lines.
The dorsolateral lines are marked off by an
accumulation of gold-brown pigment
which is not conspicuous elsewhere on
the body. Dark markings on the back of the
head between the eyes give the impression of
a light line across the front half of the
eyelid and intervening head area, but this
"light line" is the same color as the rest
of the ground color, not lighter as in R.
b. boylii. The hind legs (femur, tibia
and foot) are barred. The tips of the
digits are black, especially the hind two.
Indic grumosis is well developed:
[illegible]
Black
The abdomen is pale yellow, shading into
white on the throat, which is without spotting