| sexual dimorphism of skull shape in a lacertid lizard species (podarcis spp., dalmatolacerta sp., dinarolacerta sp.) revealed by geometric morphometrics. | geometric morphometric techniques were used to examine allometric and non-allometric influences on sexual shape dimorphism (sshd) in the ventral cranium (skull base, palate and upper jaw) of four species of lacertid lizards (podarcis muralis, podarcis melisellensis, dalmatolacerta oxycephala, dinarolacerta mosorensis). these species differ in body shape, ecology and degree of phylogenetic relatedness. the structures of the ventral cranium that were studied are directly involved in the mechanics ... | 2010 | 20439153 |
| patterns of cranial ontogeny in lacertid lizards: morphological and allometric disparity. | we explored the ontogenetic dynamics of the morphological and allometric disparity in the cranium shapes of twelve lacertid lizard species. the analysed species (darevskia praticola, dinarolacerta mosorensis, iberolacerta horvathi, lacerta agilis, l. trilineata, l. viridis, podarcis erhardii, p. melisellensis, p. muralis, p. sicula, p. taurica and zootoca vivipara) can be classified into different ecomorphs: terrestrial lizards that inhabit vegetated habitats (habitats with lush or sparse vegeta ... | 2013 | 23278889 |