Agamidae
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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz035 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C298799-D24C-5A2A-FC95-F94023C6A8BD |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Agamidae |
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Agamidae View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 8A–C View Figure 8 )
The premaxilla of Laudakia stellio is moderately slender, with a narrow alveolar plate in anterior view. The dorsal margin of the alveolar plate does not form two palatal processes, but a single, short and roughly subquadrangular lamina. The incisive process is present in the middle of the posterior margin of this lamina ( Fig. 8B, C View Figure 8 ). Teeth are subpleurodont, monocuspid, roughly conical, large and stocky. The usual tooth number is two, but HUJ.OST-Z-5 bears only a single tooth. Teeth are smaller and more numerous in juveniles (e.g. four in NHMW 570). Moreover, NHMW 570 displays a toothless area in the middle of the alveolar margin. The ascending nasal process is stocky, moderately long and pointed. Its base is almost as large as the alveolar plate, but it shrinks dorsally, taking a roughly subtriangular shape in anterior view ( Fig. 8A View Figure 8 ). The septonasal crest is robust and well developed ( Fig. 8C View Figure 8 ); it runs along the entire height of the process. The maximum width of the alveolar plate ranges from 1.5 mm to 2.5 mm.
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