Lacertidae
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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz035 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C298799-D268-5A11-FF2D-F8E820FDAC3B |
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Plazi |
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Lacertidae |
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Lacertidae View in CoL View at ENA ( Figs 27C–F View Figure 27 , 28A–D View Figure 28 )
The pterygoid of lacertids has a pointed, wide and roughly straight palatine process, whose ventral surface can have pterygoid teeth. Teeth are present in Ac. erythrurus , Al. moreoticus , Al. nigropunctatus , E. arguta , Lacerta , Po. milensis , Po. peloponnesiacus , Po. tauricus , Psammodromus algirus , Ti. lepidus ( Fig. 27F View Figure 27 , 28D View Figure 28 ) and some specimens of Da. oxycephala , Po. melisellensis and Po. siculus . They can be absent or present in low number in juveniles, but their number increases during ontogeny. The development of the ridges of the pterygoid flange varies within species. The dorsal ridge is moderately developed in Al. moreoticus , H. graeca , I. bonnali , I. cyreni , I. monticola cantabrica , Po. filfolensis , Po. milensis , Po. pityusensis and Ti. lepidus ( Fig. 27E View Figure 27 ), and well developed in Ac. erythrurus , Al. fitzingeri , Al. marchi , Al. nigropunctatus , Ar. bedriagae , Da. oxycephala , Di. mosorensis , E. arguta , I. horvathi , I. monticola monticola , Lacerta , Ophisops elegans , Po. bocagei , Po. hispanicus , Po. lilfordi , Po. melisellensis , Po. muralis , Po. siculus , Po. tauricus , Po. tiliguerta , Po. waglerianus , Psammodromus algirus and Z. vivipara ( Fig. 27C View Figure 27 ). The ventral ridge is poorly developed in Ac. erythrurus , Al. fitzingeri ( Fig. 27D View Figure 27 ), Al. marchi , Al. moreoticus , Ar. bedriagae , Da. oxycephala , E. arguta , H. graeca , I. cyreni , I. horvathi , I. monticola , Lacerta (except for Lacerta agilis MDHC 178, in which it is more developed), Ophisops elegans , Po. melisellensis (except for MDHC 218, in which it is well developed), Po. milensis , Po. muralis (rarely more developed), Psammodromus algirus and Z. vivipara (except for SMNS 06795), and well developed in Al. nigropunctatus , Di. mosorensis , I. bonnali , Po. bocagei , Po. filfolensis , Po. hispanicus , Po. lilfordi , Po. pityusensis , Po. siculus , Po. tiliguerta , Po. waglerianus and Ti. lepidus (but less developed in MDHC 216 and MRAC 92-050-R-1). The ventral ridge can be either well or poorly developed in Po. tauricus . Roček (1984: 29) stated that the ridges are completely lacking in small individuals of Ti. lepidus and well developed in large ones. The pterygoid recess is wide. It can be moderately shallow ( Ac. erythrurus , Ti. lepidus ; Fig. 27E, F View Figure 27 ) or deeper (other species; Fig. 27C, D View Figure 27 ). Juveniles of Ti. lepidus have a deeper recess, but its depth decreases during growth. The long quadrate process is straight in dorsal view and has a roughly pointed posterior end. It presents a wide fossa columellae and a pterygoid ridge that goes from moderately developed ( Ac. erythrurus , Al. moreoticus , Da. oxycephala , Di. mosorensis , I. monticola , Po. filfolensis , Po. milensis , Po. muralis and Ti. lepidus ; Figs 27E View Figure 27 , 28C View Figure 28 ) to well developed ( Al. fitzingeri , Al. marchi , Al. nigropunctatus , Ar. bedriagae , E. arguta , H. graeca , I. bonnali , I. cyreni , I. horvathi , Lacerta , Ophisops elegans , Po. bocagei , Po. hispanicus , Po. lilfordi , Po. melisellensis , Po. pityusensis , Po. siculus , Po. tauricus , Po. tiliguerta , Po. waglerianus , Psammodromus algirus and Z. vivipara ; Figs 27C View Figure 27 , 28A View Figure 28 ). Sometimes the ridge of large individuals displays a dorsally directed expansion in its posterior-half (e.g. Al. nigropunctatus MDHC 242 and Lacerta schreiberi UAM.R. S-6). The basipterygoid fossa is large and shallow. Maximum length is given in the Supporting Information 3.
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