The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, MéxicoDuellman, William Edward
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo; Reptiles -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo
In most specimens the dorsum is dark reddish brown, and the prominent
inguinal glands are cream-color or pale orange (Pl. 3, Fig. 1). Of eight
individuals collected at Paracho, one was reddish brown, two were
pinkish tan, three were dark brown, and two were black.
~Tomodactylus fuscus~ Davis and Dixon
_Tomodactylus fuscus_ Davis and Dixon, Herpetologica,
11:157, July 15, 1955.--1.5 miles southeast of Huitzilac,
Morelos, México.
Los Cantiles (2); 28 km. E of Morelia.
The range of this species includes the Sierra Ajusco in México and
Morelos and thence westward to the Serranía Ucareo in Michoacán. The
specimen from 28 kilometers east of Morelia was found in an oak forest
on a steep hillside at an elevation of 2100 meters. One from Los
Cantiles was calling from a steep cliff at an elevation of 2200 meters
in pine-oak forest. This specimen (UMMZ 119156) in life had a pale
olive-brown dorsum with irregular dark brown mottling and transverse
bars on the limbs. The interorbital bar, the upper arms, and the tips of
the dorsal pustules were pale orange; the iris was pale grayish gold
(Pl. 3, Fig. 2).
~Tomodactylus nitidus nitidus~ (Peters)
_Liuperus nitidus_ Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p.
878, 1869.--Izúcar de Matamoras, Puebla, México.
_Tomodactylus amulae_ Günther, Biologia Centrali-Americana,
Reptilia and Batrachia, p. 219, April, 1900.--Amula,
Guerrero, México.
_Tomodactylus nitidus nitidus_, Dixon, Texas Jour. Sci.,
9:385, December, 1957.
Copuyo (15); Tuxpan (8); Tzitzio (11).
One specimen from Tzitzio (UMMZ 99155) was referred to _Tomodactylus
nitidus petersi_ by Dixon (1957:390). A re-examination of this specimen,
and examination of ten others from the same locality (UMMZ 121571)
reveals that the relatively small size of the tympanum and absence of
dense ventral spotting place these specimens closer to _T. nitidus
nitidus_ than to _T. nitidus petersi_.
The specimens from Tuxpan (UMMZ 114303-4) had in life a gray to olive
tan ground color with dark olive-green markings, bright yellow thighs
with olive-green transverse bands, yellowish tan shanks with olive-green
bars, yellow groin, white inguinal glands with black markings, grayish
white belly with scattered brownish black spots in some specimens, and a
deep golden iris (Pl. 4, Fig. 1). These specimens were found calling
from bushes in a rocky field at an elevation of 1800 meters. The call is
a high-pitched "pee-ee-eep."
~Tomodactylus nitidus orarius~ Dixon
_Tomodactylus nitidus orarius_ Dixon, Texas Jour. Sci.,
9:392, December, 1957.--4.5 miles southwest of Tecolapa,
Colima, México.
La Placita (3); Pómaro.
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