A cryptic intermediate in the evolution of chameleon tongue projection
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 44 (8) , 697-700
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01941032
Abstract
An incipient form of tongue projection occurs inPhrynocephalus helioscopus, a generalized agamid lizard. We argue that this condition represents a functional intermediate between typical lingual prehension and chamaeleontid tongue projection, and that tongue projection evolved in chameleons by augmentation of ancestral mechanisms still operating in related, generalized lizards.Keywords
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