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Ah. Yep, the white toes on juvies is something I've always associated with Calumma globifer but not seen in any other species of that complex. I suppose it could be C. ambreense, though. They seem to have more of a dorsal crest than C. globifer.
 
Really?? Going to look for photos....

Edit: That's not supposed to sound rude. Just never noticed it.
 
I checked a bunch of my photos too and it does not seem to be completely consistent. I have a couple photos of baby C. p. cristifer (particularly one from Kurt Belys) that have evident spots on some of their toes and they are much reduced and more faint then in C. globifer on the rest. In most pics they don't seem evident but it appears they can have them. I've never seen C. p. parsonii have any, however. I'll have to check a couple books when I get home for it too. As I said, Calumma oshaughnessyi ambreense definitely have them (not sure on C. o. oshaughnessyi though).

Chris
 
Hey Kent,

I did some more research and it looks like C. o. oshaughnessyi also have dots on the toes. I looked through the photos I took of young C. p. cristifer in Perinet and I found the same thing as I mentioned before. A lot of them had no dots but some had weak dotting on some of their toes. Below is a quick pic I took with my iPhone of a photo I took (I was too lazy to walk upstairs and scan it) where you can see the weak spots on the back toes.

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Anyway, I still maintain that the OP's photo is a C. globifer.

Chris
 
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