STUDIES ON THE POST-CRANIAL MYOLOGY OF PSAMMOPHIS SIBILANS (LINNAEUS), ORDER:OPHIDIA, FAMILY:COLUBRIDAE IV- SOME MUSCLE ITEMS WHICH EITHER BEARS COMPARISON WITH ITEMS FOUND IN LIZARDS OR SPECIFIC FOR SNAKES

Document Type : Research article

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Abstract

The dermo-qudrate muscle, cranio-vertebral, cranio-atlas, trans verse obdominal and caudal myotomes are muscles which have great similarity and could be homologized with items found in lizards. The scalar muscles are specific for snakes. All of these muscles are described in details.