Anomaloglossus tepuyensis

Appearance

Adult males measure 21–24 mm (0.8–0.9 in) and adult females 24–28 mm (0.9–1.1 in) in snout–vent length. The snout is sloping and rounded to bluntly pointed in profile, truncate to broadly rounded or bluntly pointed in dorsal and ventral view. The tympanum is usually inconspicuous and is concealed postero-dorsally by a diffuse supra-tympanic bulge. The fingers have keel-like lateral folds and moderately expanded discs. The toes are moderately webbed and have folded, flap-like fringing. The discs are moderately expanded (the first toe may have weakly expanded disc). The dorsum has grayish brown to orangish brown and bronzy brown ground color and has irregularly pigmented dark brown or blackish brown markings. The latter are usually include a dark inter-orbital bar, a V-shaped to cordiform median dark blotch between arms, a transverse pair of smaller para-vertebral blotches at the midbody, and usually a single, small median posterior blotch. An incomplete pale brown to blue oblique lateral line may be present. Forearms and hind legs brown have distinct to vague dark bars or irregular spots.