Key Identification Points
- Back ot thighs with yellow mottling, sometimes forming irregular lines (distinct from P. subpunctata, P. taenioscelis and P. guibei).
- Internarial distance greather than snout-nostril distance (distinct from other species except P. guibei, P. mapacha and P. schillukorum).
- Length of foot less than tibia length (distinct from P. guibei, P. mascareniensis, P. subpunctata and P. taenioscelis).
- Pale line on tibia sometimes present (distinct from P. anchietae, P. oxyrhychus, P. schillukorum and P. taenioscelis, although sometimes present also in P. subpunctata).
- Outer metatarsal tubercle present (distinct from other species except P. guibei, P. mapacha and P. schillukorum).
- Broad pale band extends from rump to snout but snout not paler than the rest of the body (distinct from P. anchietae, P. oxyrhynchus, P. schillukorum and P. subpunctata).
- Mottling on the back of the thighs is irregular with no discernable pattern.
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