Digging into blindsnakes' morphology : Description of the skull, lower jaw, and cervical vertebrae of two Amerotyphlops (Hedges et al., 2014) (Serpentes, Typhlopidae) with comments on the typhlopoidean skull morphological diversity
Scolecophidians are small fossorial snakes that exhibit several osteological innovations, most of which driven by their extreme body miniaturization. Considering that data on skull morphology has proven to be relevant in terms of scolecophidian systematics and morphofunctional evolution, herein, we...
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Main Authors: | Lira, Isabelle, Martins, Angele dos Reis |
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Format: | Artigo |
Language: | Inglês |
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Wiley
2021
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https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/40570 https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24591 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0193-4011 |
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