Morphology of the nasal capsule of Heloderma suspectum with comments on the systematic position of helodermatids (Squamata: Helodermatidae)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-230

  Bernstein, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heloderma suspectum; Helodermatidae; Morphology; Nasal capsule; Systematics; Varanoidea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FACIAL BONE; HEAD; LACRIMAL DUCT; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NOSE CARTILAGE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033166354     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.1999.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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