Apodora Kluge, 1993

Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Georgalis, Georgios L., 2023, An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column, Vertebrate Zoology 73, pp. 717-886 : 717

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Material examined.

Apodora papuana (Peters & Doria, 1878) (AMS R16488 View Materials ) .

Description (Fig. 169).

Trunk vertebrae. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above.

Trunk / caudal transition. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above.

Number of vertebrae. Apodora papuana (AMS R16488): 350+ trunk vertebrae (several [at least 20] anterior trunk, cloacal, and caudal vertebrae missing; John Scanlon, unpublished data, personal communication to GLG).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Order	Squamata
InfraOrder	Alethinophidia
SuperFamily	Pythonoidea
Family	Pythonidae

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