Chamaeleonidae

Villa, Andrea & Delfino, Massimo, 2019, A comparative atlas of the skull osteology of European lizards (Reptilia: Squamata), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187 (3), pp. 828-928 : 897

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz035

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C298799-D206-5A7E-FF2D-F92925E0AB4F

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Plazi

scientific name

Chamaeleonidae
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Chamaeleonidae View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 47C, D View Figure 47 )

Coronoids of Chamaeleo chamaeleon are robust and straight in dorsal view. The coronoid process is well developed and stocky, provided with a rounded dorsal end. The labial process is absent, whereas the anteromedial one is straight and well developed. The posterior process is well developed, straight and pointed. The posteromedial process is moderately small and triangular. It is connected to the anteromedial process by a moderately developed and thin osseous lamina and to the posterior process by a lower thin lamina that marks the anterior margin of the adductor fossa. A low coronoid ridge runs dorsoventrally on the medial surface of the posteromedial process, starting from the coronoid process ( Fig. 47D View Figure 47 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Chamaeleonidae

Genus

Chamaeleo

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