. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Morphology and Systematics of the Pseudoxyrhopus Group • Cadle 409. Figure 9. Dorsal and ventral views of the holotype of Pararhadlnaea melanogaster marojejyensis Domergue (MNHN 1982- 1220). Total length = 185 mm. Approximately eastern boundary lies some 40 km from the coast (Nicoll and Langrand, 1989). (For additional details about the circum- stances of capture of this specimen, see the later discussion of character 11.) A summary of standard systematic char- acters for the three specimens of Parar- hadinaea
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Morphology and Systematics of the Pseudoxyrhopus Group • Cadle 409. Figure 9. Dorsal and ventral views of the holotype of Pararhadlnaea melanogaster marojejyensis Domergue (MNHN 1982- 1220). Total length = 185 mm. Approximately eastern boundary lies some 40 km from the coast (Nicoll and Langrand, 1989). (For additional details about the circum- stances of capture of this specimen, see the later discussion of character 11.) A summary of standard systematic char- acters for the three specimens of Parar- hadinaea tnelanogaster is given in Table 3. Apart from a markedly lower ventral scale count in MNHN 1982-1220, all characters are essentially the same in the three spec- imens. The low ventral scale count of MNHN 1982-1220 as compared with the type of P. melanogaster was Domergue's (1984) primary reason for naming that specimen as a subspecies of P. melanogas- ter; however, in the absence of knowledge of populational variation the distinction seems pointless. The three specimens differ somewhat in color pattern (colors in life are unknown). MNHN 1982-1220 and SMNS 4235 have more irregular markings than does SMF 17885, and the width of the stripes varies among the specimens. In SMF 17885 the stripes are centered at midbody on row 3 (plus half of the adjacent rows), on the su- ture between rows 5 and 6 (covering half of each row), and on row 9 (plus half of the adjacent rows). In MNHN 1982-1220 the lateral stripe is slightly broader (row 3 + two-thirds of the adjacent rows) and the vertebral stripe is shghtly narrower (row 9 + one-third of the adjacent rows). In SMNS 4235 the lateral stripe is still broad- er (rows 2 and 3 + lower half of row 4 and upper edge of row 1), whereas the dorso- lateral and vertebral stripes are about the same as in MNHN 1982-1220. Addition- ally in SMNH 4235 dorsal row 1 is heavily and irregularly speckled with dark pig- ment, making the lateral stripe appear
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