Macropholidus ruthveni explained

Macropholidus ruthveni, known commonly as Ruthven's macropholidus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, ruthveni, is in honor of American herpetologist Alexander Grant Ruthven.^[1]

Geographic range

M. ruthveni is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. ruthveni is forest, at altitudes of 1400-.

Reproduction

M. ruthveni is oviparous.

Further reading

• Cadle JE, Chuna P (1995). "A New Lizard of the Genus Macropholidus (Teiidae) from a Relictual Humid Forest of Northwestern Peru, and Notes on Macropholidus ruthveni Noble". Breviora (501): 1-39. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
• Noble GK (1921). "Some New Lizards from Northwestern Peru". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 29: 133–139. (Macropholidus ruthveni, new species).
• Torres-Carvajal O, Gaona FP, Zaragoza C, Székely P (2015). "First record of Macropholidus ruthveni Noble 1921 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Ecuador". Herpetology Notes 8: 25–26.

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Macropholidus ruthveni, p. 230).