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Hauken,
James
1975
Journal
Panama: Volcan Chiriqui
Hotel Panamonte, Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama
20 August of decaying logs. Turning numerous rocks and
rotten logs there were (most were in the road bank)
even produced no salamanders. However at slightly
(~3200m) lower elevation where the forest was denser
and rotting logs were abundant no salamander
were found except at 3180 m. where one was
found at under a small stick 2"x2"x1½' at
the edge of a small roadside clearing, and
another under a stick 5"x5"x1½' embedded
in the road bank. Only two other salamanders
were encountered, at 3060 m. together under
a rotting log 1½' x 1½' x 6' on the road bank
where it passes through tall, mature forest.
These two sals seem to represent the
extremes in coloration of this species. One
individual has a dull ground coloration of
dull orange with a suffusion of tiny black
dots throughout. This black coloration becomes
more continuous on the sides of the tail. The
other individual is almost entirely dark above,
with faint orangeish flecks on the sides
of the trunk, and on the tail and limbs. The
bells sals the venters are dark (but not black),
and the lips are black.
As the road as it now exists is not indicated
on the army maps I have drawn it on the