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Harshbarger
1950
Phylllobates subpunctatus
Dec. 29 (Notes on captive animals in Berkeley)
in dorsal areas. All guanophores seen
dorsally are of the same, slightly-
greenish, gold color. The stipple of
guanophores is almost dense along the
spinal region, with other less-dense
studding in diffuse fashion laterally.
Two "protozoa-like" bulges, one behind
each eye, are relatively free from
guanophores. The eyes have a pupillary
ring of close-set (single row) golden-
(greenish) cells, with a few scattered
over the black iris surface.
Laterally, the guanophores are seen to
be limited to the areas of barkest
melanic pigmentation. Little on the
"cephalothoracic" 1/2 of the body, the
lower limit of the guanophores is
roughly along a line from mouth
corner to center (d.-v.) of tail base.
On the "abdominal" 1/2 of the body,
they extend further onto the
ventral surface, the non-guanistic
area over the intestine (v. view) being
about twice the width lateral thickness
of the tail base in width. A few
scattered guanophores can be seen
on the tail and tail membrane.