areolate
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Osteocephalus buckleyi can be distinguished readily from all other species in the genus by the presence of areolate skin anteriorly on the flanks and by the rather boldly contrasting dorsal pattern.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
The skin on the flanks of both sexes of buckleyi is weakly areolate; in the other species the flanks are smooth.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
This areolate dermal condition is present in all specimens and does not occur in other species of Osteocephalus.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
This species is well designated rugosum, and is recognizable at sight by its wrinkled, areolate surface.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
Veins areolate; fertile fronds taller, twelve to twenty inches high with narrowly linear divisions, the areoles and fruit-dots in a single row each side of the secondary midrib, the latter sunk in the tissues.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by Tilton, George Henry
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