Agamidae
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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz035 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C298799-D240-5A38-FF2D-FA1F2434ACA0 |
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Plazi |
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Agamidae |
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Agamidae View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 1A–C View Figure 1 )
In Laudakia stellio , the nasal is subrectangular but tends to shrink posteriorly, because its medial margin is slightly convex and not completely straight. The posterior margin is rounded, whereas the concavity on the anterior margin is shallow. The anteromedial process is slender and well-developed in the specimens we studied [in contrast with the short process reported by Smith et al. (2016)], whereas the anterolateral one is short (slightly longer in MDHC 245; Fig. 1C View Figure 1 ). The articulation surface with the maxilla is visible along the anterior-half of the lateral margin, and a small and subquadrangular lappet extends laterally from its anterior end ( Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ). However, the lappet is not distinctly developed in MDHC 245 ( Fig. 1C View Figure 1 ). The dorsal surface is smooth, whereas the ventral one can show a large articulation surface with the frontal covering the posterior process and a low longitudinal ridge running anteroposteriorly near the middle of the bone (slightly shifted laterally), but in the studied specimens these features can be either present (e.g. MDHC 245; Fig. 1C View Figure 1 ) or absent (e.g. HUJ.OST-Z-424; Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ) and it is, therefore, possible that they are variable.
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