Field notes, v1351
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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.