10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IGUANIAN»
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Daniel A. Greenberg. of all lizard and (in some schemes) includes the snake
lizards, the pygopodids, which are related to geckos but very different in outward
appearance. Eublepharids 19 species Example Leopard gecko Gecko line
Iguanian ...
Daniel A. Greenberg, 2004
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Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families: Essays ...
Judging from the condition in non-iguanian squamates and more distantly related
lepidosauromorphs, the presence of a postfrontal is almost certainly primitive
within iguanids, its absence derived. Among non-iguanian squamates, the ...
Richard Estes, Gregory K. Pregill, 1988
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Feeding: Form, Function and Evolution in Tetrapod Vertebrates
In T. scincoides, the only scleroglossan so far described to use iguanian-like
lingual ingestion, the gape cycle is similar, although it may be arrived at by a
different mechanism. 3. Iaw ingestion cycles in scleroglossans deviate from the
model ...
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Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
Most iguanian tongues are short and rounded off at the tip, but some are as much
as twice as long as the lizard's body. Even those with long tongues retain lingual
feeding. Chameleons took lingual feeding to its logical extreme, evolving a ...
Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, 2006
... can only suggest that a subset of the AM cell population could also produce PP
or somatostatin peptides. Iguanian. (Anolis. segrei,. Squamata). The study of AM
cells in endocrine pancreas of Anolis segrei has been carried out by light and ...
Alfredo Martínez, Frank Cuttitta, 1998
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A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians: Eastern and Central ...
IGUANIAN. LIZARDS. Herpetologists have long suspected that the former large
Family Iguanidae, which contained about 550 species, was a composite of
several groups. It was subdivided in i 989 into eight separate families, four of
which are ...
Roger Conant, Joseph T. Collins, 1998
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Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates: An Identification ...
References: Bartlett, R. D., and Patricia Bartlett. Lizard Care from A to Z.
Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, lnc., 1997. Trade Name(s): Cuban
Anole. Family & Scientific Name: Polychrotidae; Anolis. 89. Iguanian. Lizards.
Patricia Bartlett, Billy Griswold, Richard D. Bartlett, 2001
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna ...
Iguanian. Lizards. (Infraorder. Iguania). This group includes a diverse series of
predominantly diurnal sight feeders (with color vision) that are mostly terrestrial,
semiarboreal, or arboreal in habits and prey on arthropods. Some species eat ...
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Fossil Lizards of North America
The prominent inferior lateral olfactory crests are, however, entirely inconsistent
with any such affinity, excluding the genus from the Iguanian group altogether. It
coincides with the evidence furnished by the forms of the teeth, that the genus ...
Charles Whitney Gilmore, 1978
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Secrets of the Snake Charmer: Snakes in the 21st Century
... alligator lizards, and relatives; the monitor lizards in the family Varanidae; the
iguanian lizards (iguanids, agamids, and chameleons); and all snakes. The clade
was well supported and suggested venom evolved only once in squamates.
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IGUANIAN»
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Did lizard that walked on water once thrive in Wyoming?
Conrad published his findings about the fossil's similarity to modern iguanian lizards in the open source journal PLOS One on Wednesday. «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
Study resolves reptilian family tree
According to Wiens, iguanian lizards typically capture prey using their tongue, whereas snakes and other lizards use their jaws. Scientists have ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
UA-Led Study Resolves Reptilian Family Tree
According to Wiens, iguanian lizards typically capture prey using their tongue, whereas snakes and other lizards use their jaws. Scientists have ... «UANews, Apr 15»
Grassland earless dragons
More agamids to come – it all depends on getting the images. For previous Tet Zoo articles on agamids and other iguanian lizards, see… «Scientific American, Jan 14»
Leiosaurus: big heads, bold patterns
... head and distinctive 'shark tooth' dorsal pattern. Photo by Oliver Rauhut, used with permission. CC BY. I like iguanian lizards – who doesn't? «Scientific American, Oct 13»
The enormous liolaemine radiation: paradoxical herbivory, viviparity …
Rio is home to a special, unique iguanian: Lutz's tree iguana Liolaemus lutzae, an omnivorous, burrow-dwelling, beach-living liolaemine ... «Scientific American, Jun 13»
Welcome to the Squamozoic!
The hyperbasilisk at top left is another highly flamboyant Squamozoic iguanian; males use their enormous and boldly coloured tail, dorsal and ... «Scientific American, Apr 13»
