. Breviora. Figure 8. Holotype of Macropholidus ruthveni, MCZ 14041, an adult female. Noble (192la: 139) stated that the light borders of the scales visible in the type were "not so distinct" in life. He also did not mention the dorsolateral stripe, visible faintly in the photograph. Noble did not give information about the general environment of Coucumayo, stating only that the two specimens of Macro- pholidus collected there were from a pasture. Huancabamba lies in a dry rain-shadow valley (Noble, 1921b; T. A. Parker et al, 1985); however, humid forest persisted even recently at el
. Breviora. Figure 8. Holotype of Macropholidus ruthveni, MCZ 14041, an adult female. Noble (192la: 139) stated that the light borders of the scales visible in the type were "not so distinct" in life. He also did not mention the dorsolateral stripe, visible faintly in the photograph. Noble did not give information about the general environment of Coucumayo, stating only that the two specimens of Macro- pholidus collected there were from a pasture. Huancabamba lies in a dry rain-shadow valley (Noble, 1921b; T. A. Parker et al, 1985); however, humid forest persisted even recently at elevations above 2,100 m on the slopes north and east of Huancabamba (T. A. Parker et al, 1985) and possibly lower in 1916 when Noble. Figure 9. Dorsal view of Macropholidus ruthveni (ANSP 31764), an adult female from Bosque Monte Seco, Rio Zaha valley, Cajamarca Department, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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