. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. FRAZZETTA : BOID SKULL 465 with the opisthotics). The foramen ovale pierces the prootic- exoccipital suture. The stapes passes backward out of this fora- men and bears a small pad of cartilage upon its distal tip. This cartilage connects Avith a tuberosity of the inner side of the quadrate by means of an elastic band of Fig. 9. Epicrates ccnchris. A. lateral view of skull. B. lateral and C. lingual views of left mandible. As in all snakes, the mandibles are not united bv a firm svm- physis, but are free dista
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. FRAZZETTA : BOID SKULL 465 with the opisthotics). The foramen ovale pierces the prootic- exoccipital suture. The stapes passes backward out of this fora- men and bears a small pad of cartilage upon its distal tip. This cartilage connects Avith a tuberosity of the inner side of the quadrate by means of an elastic band of Fig. 9. Epicrates ccnchris. A. lateral view of skull. B. lateral and C. lingual views of left mandible. As in all snakes, the mandibles are not united bv a firm svm- physis, but are free distally. Each mandibular ramus is composed of five distinct bones: dentary, splenial, angular, coronoid, and compound bone. The last has been often referred to in snakes as the articular, but, because it is actually formed in the boide snakes by the fusion of the surangular, prearticular, and articu- lar, the term ''compound bone" is more applicable. Prom each compound bone two lamellae arise: an outer surangular process and an inner prearticular process. The surangular lamella rises considerably above the prearticular process. A foramen pierces the surangular lamella (see Fig. 2B).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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