Scincidae
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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz035 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C298799-D258-5A21-FC95-F92E2220AA2C |
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Plazi |
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Scincidae |
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Scincidae View in CoL ( Fig. 16M–R View Figure 16 )
Scincids have very slender jugals. The anterior process is thin and pointed, lacking a palatal process; its lateral surface is completely covered by the articulation surface with the posterior process of the maxilla. The process is roughly twice as long as the anterior one ( Fig. 16Q, R View Figure 16 ), and in Ab. kitaibelii , Chalcides striatus and Tr. aurata the former is slightly longer than the latter ( Fig. 16M, N View Figure 16 ). There is no quadratojugal process. The row of foramina on the lateral surface is absent, but a single one pierces the bone at the meeting point of the two processes, opening both laterally and medially. In Ophiomorus punctatissimus , the medial opening of this foramen is located more dorsally, roughly at midlength of the posterodorsal process.
posterodorsal process is more robust and has a truncated ( Chalcides chalcides , Chalcides striatus and Tr. aurata ; Fig. 16O, P View Figure 16 ), pointed ( Chalcides bedriagai ) or rounded ( Ab. kitaibelii , Chalcides ocellatus and Ophiomorus punctatissimus ; Fig. 16M, N, Q, R View Figure 16 ) dorsal end. The length of the two processes is similar in Chalcides chalcides ( Fig. 16O, P View Figure 16 ), whereas in Chalcides ocellatus and Ophiomorus punctatissimus the posterodorsal
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