Descripción del sincraneo de Ameiva Ameiva (Linnaeus) (Squamata, Teiidae)

An osteological description of the syncranium and hyoid apparatus of Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) is presented. By comparison between males and females signiflcant intersexual differences were found in relation to: skull size, frontal, parietal and basisphenoid bones, interpterygoid opening and teeth number and mor-phology. Absence of pterygoid teeth in A. ameiva is verified out. The specimens used for this study carne from Chaco and Formosa provinces (Argentina).

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Main Authors: Tedesco,María Esther, Krause,Ligia, Alvarez,Blanca Beatríz
Format: Digital revista
Language:Spanish / Castilian
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 1999
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81751999000400013
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