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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Color description in life
SMR1782 - Pseudovryea sp. - Cerro Pingüica
Head - very dark brown background. From snout to neck between eyes (on top of head) mottled with tiny greenish-brown specks and a few grey flocks. Sides of head with light grey flocks.
Dorsum - Very dark grey background with an indistinct band of reddish-brown specks and a few grey specks.
Tail - Very dark grey background with a band of reddish brown along midline that becomes more distinct posteriorly; last 1/3 of tail completely, reddish brown. Lichen-like light grey spots all along tail. Sides of tail w/ same background color + same lichen-like grey spots.
Sides of body w/ same background color, mottled w/ light grey
+ a few pinkish-brown specks.
Axilar region light grey-brown w/ light grey flocks, especially near mental area. Much more light-grey speckling immediately posterior to gular fold. Background color of girth medium grey-brown with some grey speckling. Tail w/ same background color w/ larger lichen-like grey spots.
Arms + legs same as dorsum w/ more grey speckling on hands + feet.
Underside of limbs same as ventral but w/ more grey speckling.
Each finger [illegible] beige underneath w/ reddish toe tips.