Varaninae Camp, 1923
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0003-0090 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459362 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF23879D-D128-FFC1-FF7C-AC0B4FE4D472 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Varaninae Camp, 1923 |
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(figs. 54E, 55E, 56D)
DEFINITION: All taxa sharing a more recent common ancestor with Varanus varius than with Lanthanotus borneensis .
DIAGNOSIS: Varanines are diagnosed by 42(1) presence of a posterolateral flange on the lacrimal, 44(1) enlarged lacrimal foramen (see character description above), 107(1) rodshaped vomer, 194(0) anterior end of the coronoid clasping (rather than abutting) the dentary, 235(0) absence of true zygospheneszygantra, 257(1) presence of expansion/flattening of the anterior presacral ribs, and 281(1) absence of an intermedium in the manus.
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