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almost gone but otherwise it is in good condition and its measure- 

 ments and other characteristics prove it to be a true subpunctatus. 

 Peters' true Liuperus elegans definitely has been identified as an 

 Eleutherodactylus and is treated in the present paper as Eleuthero- 

 dactylus elegans (Peters). 



Specimens Examined 

 COLOMBIA 



Cundinamarca: USNM 146876-8, MLS 402; near Bogota, USNM 94967-77; 

 Bogota, CNHM 81886-9, 132989-90, MCZ 7309-14, 9036-40, USNM 

 118715-6, BM 68.3.4.7; 18 km. east of Bogota, USNM 142800-4; paramo 

 above Bogota, 14 km. east of Bogotd, USNM 146213; Parque Nacional, 

 USNM 150252-61; up from Bogota, 3,000 m., USNM 150262-4 (150264 

 consists of three tadpoles); Boquer6n, 2,800 m., USNM 150265; Choachf, 

 MCZ 9734-9, USNM 118237-8; El Dintel, USNM 146879-87; El Verj6n, 

 paramo just east of Bogota, USNM 150722; La Mesa, 40 mi. west of Bogota, 

 USNM 146888-92; vicinity of Monserrate, near Bogota, 3,000 m., USNM 

 145699-705; Monte Redondo, USNM 138758; north of Alban, MLS 386; 

 northeast of Nazaret, USNM 145104; Paramo Cruz Verde, 3,500 m., USNM 

 150267; Paramo de Palacio, USNM 144996-7, 150268-94; Sabana de 

 Bogota, Municipio Chia, Cerro de Torquita, USNM 150266; San Miguel, 

 2,800-2,900 m., USNM 150295-312, MCZ 16268; Tequendama, Abayo, 

 CNHM 81884-5; three km. below Tequendama, CNHM 132991-3; east 

 base of Cordillera of Bogotd and extreme limit of llanos, ANSP 24396-7. 



Meta: Villavicencio, USNM 146921-9, 150313-4. 



Phyllobates subpunctatus walesi, new subspecies 



Plate 11d-f 



Holotype.SUNHM 20290, from Laguna de Tota, Boyaca, Co- 

 lombia, collected from under rocks along northeast shore of the lake, 

 at about 10,000 feet, by J. H. Wales, February 3, 1960. 



Paratypes. —SJJNB.M 20291-302, USNM 145805 (formerly 

 SUNHM 20303), same data as holotype; USNM 150710, Arcabuco, 

 Boyaca; USNM 150709, 150711-4, Tunja, Boyaca; USNM 150701-8, 

 Peligro, near Ramiriqui-Rondon Road, Boyaca; USNM 151874, 

 Zetaquia, near Miraflores, Boyaca; USNM 150694-700, Paramo de 

 la Rusia, Santander. 



Diagnosis. — Resembling Phyllobates subpunctatus, but with the 

 tibia very short — between 37 and 46 percent of total length, averaging 

 41.1 percent in 13 examples — first and second fingers usually subequal, 

 or first finger shorter than second; toes nearly one-fourth webbed to 

 less than one-eighth webbed; adpressed heel reaching to posterior 

 corner of eye or posterior border of tympanum; tongue not indented; 

 dorsal skin smooth, resistant to tearing or abrading; throat and chest 

 immaculate cream buff; belly with round brown spots becoming larger 

 and closer together posteriorly; lower anterior edge of femur with a 

 wide light stripe bordered above and below by dark stripes, and a 



