Journal and species accounts, v1301
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D. A. Good 1987 Species Accounts Color notes - Nototriton picador DAG 3259 - Volcán Cacao, 1490m elev. Similar in general color to Nototriton from Monteverde - head dark brown, tail reddish brown, sides of head behind eyes reddish brown. Back + side +tail flashed with gray streaks- no tan or reddish streaks. Limb insertions reddish brown, otherwise limbs dark brown. Venter dark gray - almost but not quite bluish - throat slightly paler. Both well supplied with granules. SUL = 22 mm. Eye bronze DAG 3260 - Volcán Cacao, 1490m elev. SUL 22mm. tail missing - regenerating Similar to DAG 3259 but lacks redder, reddish-brown markings almost in chevron pattern. Limb insertions brown. Eye bronze DAG 3279 - Volcán Cacao, 1420m elev. SUL = 16mm. Dorsum dark brown, tail + sides of head (temporal region) reddish brown. Tail with streaks of tan but streaking lacking on dorsum. Dorsum with small grayish speckling lowest at edge & ventral color (granules?) Limb insertions reddish brown. Venter bluish, well supplied with granules. Eye bronze. DAG 3280 - Volcán Cacao, 1420m 9 eggs in moss on tree trunk, 4 ft up. 2 preserved 22 August. All seem to be well advanced + we hope to raise some to hatching.