Agamidae

Agamidae View in CoL View at ENA

The braincase of Laudakia stellio is roughly as long as it is wide and does not have evident compression. Bones composing the region usually remain separated also in older individuals. The foramen magnum is wide and subcircular. The portion of the occipital condyle made up by each otooccipital appears to be slightly reduced compared to the one made by the basioccipital. Moreover, the condyle has a very little developed posterior notch in ventral view. The large recessus scalae tympani opens laterally with a large, narrow and dorsoventrally elongated lateral opening, whereas both the medial opening of the recessus and the perilymphatic foramen are very large and suboval. Semicircular canals are narrow and poorly prominent.