An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column Author Szyndlar, Zbigniew Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, 31 - 016 Krakow, Poland Author Georgalis, Georgios L. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7759-6146 Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, 31 - 016 Krakow, Poland dimetrodon82@gmail.com text Vertebrate Zoology 2023 2023-09-27 73 717 886 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101372 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101372 2625-8498-73-717 8F3D5EDA2F184E5CA53E2F7741FF1339 318B657A15AB5708B3C35FC1A82B4945 Apodora Kluge, 1993 Material examined. Apodora papuana (Peters & Doria, 1878) (AMS R16488 ) . Description (Fig. 169). Trunk vertebrae . The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above. Figure 169. Pythonidae : Apodora papuana (AMS R16488), trunk vertebra. Trunk / caudal transition . The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above. Number of vertebrae . Apodora papuana (AMS R16488): 350+ trunk vertebrae (several [at least 20] anterior trunk, cloacal, and caudal vertebrae missing; John Scanlon, unpublished data, personal communication to GLG).