Comparative skull osteology of the lacertid lizards Eremias persica and Mesalina watsonana (Sauria: Lacertidae)
محل انتشار: مجله بیوسیستماتیک حیوانات، دوره: 7، شماره: 2
سال انتشار: 1390
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
مشاهده: 397
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JR_IJAB-7-2_002
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 2 آبان 1396
چکیده مقاله:
The skull of two lacertid lizards of Iran including Eremias persica from Isfahan Province, Central Iranian Plateau and Mesalina watsonana from Birjand in Southern KhorasanProvince, Eastern Iran, was described and compared based on seven dry skull preparations. Prominent differences included: the shape of the premaxilla and itsarticulation with other skull elements, the shape of the frontal (particularly the form of its processes), the number of dentary teeth, the shape of the jugal, and the position of the parietal opening. Also in E. persica, the nasals were in contact with each other whereas in M. watsonana they were separated by the nasal process of the premaxilla and anteromedial process of the frontal. Absence of pterygoid teeth in M. watsonana and extended pyriform recess in E. persica also represented further differences. Our study contributes to the baseline understanding of squamate osteology and more specifically will facilitate further studies on lacertid morphological disparity.
نویسندگان
A Khosravani
Department of Biology, faculty of science, ۶۷۱۴۹ Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
N. Rastegar-Pouyani
Department of Biology, faculty of science, ۶۷۱۴۹ Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
H. Oraie
Faculty of Biology, University College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.