Scincidae

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 : 863

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

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scientific name

Scincidae
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Scincidae View in CoL ( Fig. 23C, D View Figure 23 )

Scincids have a short and straight epipterygoid, with a rounded ventral end that is distinctly larger than the dorsal one. The dorsal end of the epipterygoid of Ophiomorus punctatissimus curves very slightly in posterior direction ( Fig. 23D View Figure 23 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Ophiomorus

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