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Paul DeBenedictis
1960
Sclorponus torquatus melanogaster
Sept 6
9.2 mi. E Penjamo, Guanajuato, Mex.
(T. Papenfuss-M. A. Eodey collectors) #121
Snout-vent, tail regenerate. Dorsum grayish brown with chocolate cross bars, an orangish dorsolateral area, laterally more purplish barred diagonally with yellowish; tail with pale brown cross bands. Limbs purplish-brown with brown cross-bars; head darker than body; groin black; a brown +black nuchal collar 2 scales wide, bordered with whitish on each side, incomplete dorsally; a greenish white line along lip; Venter, whitish, chin mottled heavily with brownish; gular region blackish with some green showing through; lateral belly patches greenish, bordered inwardly with blackish tail darker than belly. Iris dark bronzy-brown.
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