Original Articles

A DESCRIPTION OF THE ASYMMETRIC MUSCLE PAIRS IN THE PELVIC GIRDLE OF MABUYA CAPENSIS (REPTILIA: SCINCIDAE: LYGOSOMINAE)

Published in: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa
Volume 33 , issue 1 , 1987 , pages: 20–23

DOI: 10.1080/04416651.1987.9650172

Author(s): Neil , J.L. Heideman , , University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Abstract

Some pelvic girdle muscle pairs of Mabuya capensis display a marked asymmetry with respect to their size and points of origin. This phenomenon was found to be a constant feature in all the specimens examined (10) and nowhere in the literature cited during the course of this investigation is any mention made of its occurrence.

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