Journal and species accounts, v1347
Page 609
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Hanken, James 1976 Theories Hotel Primavera, Oaxaca, Est. Oaxaca, Mexico 12 February Cerro San Felipe - 15 km W La Cumbre : - only one morph readily distinguishable, usually with brick-red dorsal stripe (lost to some extent in the largest specimens) - large limbst feet - marked sexual dimorphism of gravid ♀♀'s much larger than ♂'s w/ mental glands - belly black w/ white speckling - 3 gravid ♀'s, the largest of all taken frozen killed the remaining 20 frozen - as a whole, this morph is larger in total size than most others (the few smaller indivs. are thought young of this morph) Cerro San Felipe - ♂ 12.4 km W La Cumbre - apparently same pop. as above - 20 animals frozen F75-79; 6 left alive, including 4 gravid ♀'s, 2 ♂'s Cerro San Felipe - 9 km W La Cumbre - only seven indivs. found, of apparently different morph than the two above - generally smaller body size (can only tell from mature ♂'s as gravid ♀'s are not present) - ventral pattern black w/ finer and paler