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^ ra -prf sor f plf epg p pro ste 



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PP tw 



q' act, see, 



ste 6 a, £ 



Fig. 3 — Skull of Python amethystinus. (From British Museum 



Catalogue of Snakes) 



an, Angular; ar, articular; bo, basioccipital ; bs, basisphenoid ; 

 coy, coronoid ; c.a, columella auris (stapes) ; d, dentary ; eo, ex- 

 occipital ; epg, ectopterygoid (transverse) ; /, frontal ; m, maxil- 

 lary ; n, nasal ; p, parietal ; //, palatine ; pm, premaxillary ; 

 prf, prefrontal ; pro, prootic ; pg, pterygoid ; ///, postfrontal ; 

 q, quadrate ; so, supraoccipital ; sor, supraorbital ; s/>, splenial ; 

 ste, supratemporal ; tic, turbinal ; v, vomer. 



