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Fig. 19 | BMC Ecology and Evolution

Fig. 19

From: Phylogenetic history influences convergence for a specialized ecology: comparative skull morphology of African burrowing skinks (Squamata; Scincidae)

Fig. 19

Isolated vomer of A T. brevipes; B T. gracilis; C S. alberti; D A. occidentalis; in dorsal, ventral, lateral, anterior (top), and posterior (bottom) views from left to right. mef, medial foramen of the vomer; nr, nasal region of the vomer; nss, space for the nasal septum; v-pal, palatine facet of the vomer; vap, anterior process of the vomer; vae, anterior edge of the vomer; valp, anterolateral process of the vomer; vamp, anteromedial process of the vomer; vle, lateral edge of the vomer; vlp, lateral process of the vomer; vnar, vomeronasal region of the vomer; vp, vomerine process; vplp, posterolateral process of the vomer; vpmp, posteromedial process of the vomer; vs, vomerine septum. Scale bars = 1 mm

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