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A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage)
Thesis (M. Sc.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1971.
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| author | Du Toit, Francois Lassalle |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/56965 A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage) Du Toit, Francois Lassalle Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Botany & Zoology. Polylepis Lizards -- Morphology Dissertations -- Zoology UCTD Thesis (M. Sc.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1971. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The various skull components of Feylinia polylepis are described and compared with those of other limbless, burrowing lizards and in particular with burrowing skikns. The structure of the palate confirms that Feylinia is a degenerate skink and that recent classifications are correct in placing it under the family Scincidae rather than assigning it family rank. De Witte and Laurent (1943) are shown to be correct in placing Feylinia as the end form in a line of descent that includes Melanoseps (=Scelotes) and Typhlacontias. They are also correct in regarding the Feylinia group as divergent from the other African line of degenerate burrowers namely Acontias and Typhlosaurus. 2012-08-27T11:38:14Z 2012-08-27T11:38:14Z 1971 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/56965 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 79 pages : illustrations. application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Polylepis Lizards -- Morphology Dissertations -- Zoology UCTD Du Toit, Francois Lassalle A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage) |
| title | A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage) |
| title_full | A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage) |
| title_fullStr | A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage) |
| title_short | A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage) |
| title_sort | contribution to the cranial morphology of the african burrowing lizard feylinia polyepis bocage |
| topic | Polylepis Lizards -- Morphology Dissertations -- Zoology UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/56965 |
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