MATERIAL AND METHODS
Data were obtained from field records of several expeditions to areas in
Pará and Amapá state, Brazil (Table 1). Records were made in localities
of terra firme rainforests within the Guiana Shield region,
characterized by closed canopy and dense understory vegetation. One
population was recorded in a native savanna forest (population I, table
1) in Amapá state. Another population (population L, table 1) in Pará
state was recorded in a riparian forest with sandy and rocky soil
bordering a stream drainage in a rainforest with vegetation that
combines transition elements of Amazonian savannas. The dorsal color
patterns of specimens (collected or not) were described using
photographs. Although the description based on color photographs should
be done with caution, the researchers made an in-field evaluation to
assure that colors in photography do not appear distinct from the real.
Each locality was georeferenced to produce a map showing the spatial
distribution of color patterns. The color described is referred to the
variation in color of the vermiculate dorsal pattern on the dark
background. The maps showing the color pattern distribution were made
using the software Quantum Gis version 3.24.1, all coordinates were
projected as Datum WGS 84.