Agamidae

Agamidae View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 38A View Figure 38 )

Laudakia stellio has a large supraoccipital, provided with a short and subcylindrical processus ascendens. In dorsal view, both the posterior portion of the latter and the semicircular canals are poorly distinguishable. The dorsal surface of the bone is otherwise smooth. The anterior margin carries two laminar, moderately developed and anteriorly directed expansions, located on both sides of the processus ascendens. In ventral view, a narrow notch separates each ventral opening of the anterior semicircular canals from the cavum capsularis: this is the dorsal portion of the sphenoccipital foramen ( Fig. 39 View Figure 39 ).