. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. RIVERO : SALIENTIA OF VENEZUELA 165 Color. Above, light yellowish brown or tan with considerable darker dusting (contracted melanophores) ; a dark brown canthal streak beginning at the tip of the snout and continuing pos- teriorly to the lumbar region; on the flanks the stripe diffuses ventrally and near the groin it narrows to a broad line that extends almost to the tip of the urostyle; a narrow white line above the brown band, from tip of snout, through margin of. Fig. 12. Phyllobates bromelicola Test, Paratype
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. RIVERO : SALIENTIA OF VENEZUELA 165 Color. Above, light yellowish brown or tan with considerable darker dusting (contracted melanophores) ; a dark brown canthal streak beginning at the tip of the snout and continuing pos- teriorly to the lumbar region; on the flanks the stripe diffuses ventrally and near the groin it narrows to a broad line that extends almost to the tip of the urostyle; a narrow white line above the brown band, from tip of snout, through margin of. Fig. 12. Phyllobates bromelicola Test, Paratype 113029. upper eyelid, to end of the brown band; loreal region below the lateral band and upper lip immaculate; two distinct, short, oblique bars on the proximal end of the thigh, the distal one extending anteriorly to the anterior aspect; another short bar on the middle of the tibia and other dusky, ill-defined ones on the ventral aspect of the tarsus and foot. Below, whitish, immacu- late. Measurements. $, snout-vent ; head length 5; head breadth ; femur 7 ; tibia 7. Habits. As its name implies, P. bromelicola lives and ap- parently breeds in bromeliads, and was never found by its author outside of the "tree ; Range. Only known from the upper slopes of Pico Periquito. Remarks. In life, the color of the species is described as fol- lows :'' ground color of the dorsum is olive, bordered by a distinct white hairline; lateral band black; bars on thighs and shank black; tips of digits black; underparts bright yellow through- out ..." (Test, op. cit.).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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