On the Morphofunctional Peculiarities of the Jaw Apparatus of Ophiophagous Elapid Snakes and on the Some Stages in Evolution of Elapidae

A. Yu. Sokolov

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Reptilia; Serpentes; Elapidae; Calliophis; Bungarus; Maticora; jaw apparatus; functional morphology

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2005-12-0-307-309

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