. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. TieTT>\ xdopVi orus TupinaTnlp-is. CQ.\lop\stes Ne-usKcur-us Croeodi'l'urus Drac^erva. Ancestor of Gro-upH Ancestor of Group I Ancestral Stock o^ tV\e TeWdae Figure 30.— of the slti'used kelatioxships of the Teiidae but one form, murinus^ shows a close relationship to an Ameiva {A. ameiva ameiva). This relationship is shown in murlnus (as compared with other CnemidophoH) in the greater number of longi- tudinal rows of ventral and caudal plates, in the smaller size of the brachials, in the presence of a patch of enlarge
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. TieTT>\ xdopVi orus TupinaTnlp-is. CQ.\lop\stes Ne-usKcur-us Croeodi'l'urus Drac^erva. Ancestor of Gro-upH Ancestor of Group I Ancestral Stock o^ tV\e TeWdae Figure 30.— of the slti'used kelatioxships of the Teiidae but one form, murinus^ shows a close relationship to an Ameiva {A. ameiva ameiva). This relationship is shown in murlnus (as compared with other CnemidophoH) in the greater number of longi- tudinal rows of ventral and caudal plates, in the smaller size of the brachials, in the presence of a patch of enlarged postbrachials, in the possession of five parietal shields, in the retention of a ves- tigial sheath between the larnyx and the posterior tips of the scaly portion of the tongue, in the opening of the nostril between the anterior and posterior nasal shields, and in the similarity of th;- spotted pattern of the adults. All of these are variations or condi-. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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