Heloderma Wiegmann, 1829
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0003-0090 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF23879D-D12A-FFC3-FF1E-AD8B4D19D505 |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Heloderma Wiegmann, 1829 |
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(figs. 54E, 55E, 56D)
DEFINITION: Heloderma suspectum (fig. 52), H. horridum , H. texana , and all descendants of their last common ancestor.
DIAGNOSIS: Two unambiguous synapomorphies diagnose Heloderma as defined here. These are 57(0) anterior and posterior borders of the frontal of subequal width and 124(2) presence of a broad ectopterygoid-palatine contact anterior to the suborbital fenestra.
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