Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... tongue , and hemipenal structure and generally primitive character of the squamation ( Camp 1923 ) . Among the Ascalabota the superior temporal arch of Iguania distinguishes them from Gekkota . The acrodont dentition of chamaeleonids ...
... tongue , and hemipenal structure and generally primitive character of the squamation ( Camp 1923 ) . Among the Ascalabota the superior temporal arch of Iguania distinguishes them from Gekkota . The acrodont dentition of chamaeleonids ...
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... tongue is a source of dispute between Gnanamuthu ( 1930 ) and Zoond ( 1933 ) . The former thinks projection of the tongue is due mostly to relaxation of the highly contracted hyoglossi . However , by physiological experiments and ...
... tongue is a source of dispute between Gnanamuthu ( 1930 ) and Zoond ( 1933 ) . The former thinks projection of the tongue is due mostly to relaxation of the highly contracted hyoglossi . However , by physiological experiments and ...
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... tongue can pull a weight equal to two - thirds or one - half of the body weight and be maximally projected to a length about two - thirds of the total length of the animal . In C. namaquensis the tongue can pull a weight equal to the ...
... tongue can pull a weight equal to two - thirds or one - half of the body weight and be maximally projected to a length about two - thirds of the total length of the animal . In C. namaquensis the tongue can pull a weight equal to the ...
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