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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.