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IDENTIFICATION
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<emphasis box="[183,472,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="612">Oticoccipitum complex</emphasis>
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1. Smooth oticoccipitum complex, with no parietal crest and no parotic crest and process ....
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2. Middle depression with small foramina at the bottom and tuberculum at the posterior end of the prominentia semicircularis anterioris ....................................................................................
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3. Middle depression among prominentiae occupied by a fourth small prominentia .....................
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Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................4
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,1199,1221]" pageId="43" pageNumber="612">4. In ventral view, fenestra basicranialis posterioris entirely covered by crista retrosellaris...........................5</keyLead>
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Fenestra basicranialis posterioris visible in ventral view...............................................................................6
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5. Ventral spine present anterior to basicapsular commissure.......................................................
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- Ventral spine absent ....................................................................................................................
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6. Crista retrosellaris covering the anterior half of the fenestra basicranialis ............................
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<keyLead box="[183,1425,1352,1374]" pageId="43" pageNumber="612">- Crista retrosellaris absent.................................................................................................................................7</keyLead>
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7. In lateral view, parotic process ventrally concave and small fenestra ovalis ...............................
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<keyLead box="[183,1425,1414,1436]" pageId="43" pageNumber="612">- In lateral view, parotic process not ventrally concave and wide fenestra ovalis ............................................8</keyLead>
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8. Middle depression with small foramina at the bottom...................................................................
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<keyLead box="[183,1425,1475,1497]" pageId="43" pageNumber="612">- Smooth middle depression ................................................................................................................................9</keyLead>
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9. In ventral view, low or absent medial crest ...............................................................................
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,1536,1558]" pageId="43" pageNumber="612">- In ventral view, medial crest high...................................................................................................................10</keyLead>
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10. Parotic process rectangular in anterior and posterior views, minimally laterally extended......
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11. Low parotic crest, equally high throughout its length............................................................
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- High parotic crest, generally higher close to the parietal crest ........................................................
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<emphasis box="[183,260,1737,1761]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="612">Atlas+</emphasis>
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1. Strongly dorsoventrally compressed confluent occipital joints, with reduced horizontal odontoid process dorsal to them .......................................................................................................................................
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,1839,1861]" pageId="43" pageNumber="612">- Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................2</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[165,1406,217,239]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">2. Neural bulge or two articular surfaces instead of neural crest.......................................................................3</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[165,1406,248,270]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- No neural bulge or articular surfaces (walls of neural arch fused).................................................................4</keyLead>
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3. Articular surface of the odontoid process unseparated ........................................................
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- Articular surface of the odontoid process clearly separated....................................................
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4. High neural crest, posteriorly forked with lateral eversion ..................................................
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<keyLead box="[165,1406,370,392]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................5</keyLead>
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5. Horizontal dorsal edge of the neural arch in lateral view and neural crest low or absent......
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<keyLead box="[165,1407,432,454]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................6</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,217,1005]" box="[165,1407,462,484]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
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6. Dorsal portion of the neural arch with several small foramina in posterior view .....................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1259,1407,462,484]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Pleurodeles</emphasis>
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<keyLead box="[165,1407,493,515]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................7</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,217,1005]" box="[165,1406,523,546]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
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7. Triangular neural canal ..............................................................................................................
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<keyLead box="[165,1407,554,576]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Circular neural canal.........................................................................................................................................8</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,217,1005]" box="[165,1407,585,607]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1407,585,607]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">8. Low neural crest, neither posteriorly enlarged nor forked (or absent)...........................................................9</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[165,1406,616,638]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Low neural crest, posteriorly enlarged ...........................................................................................................10</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,217,1005]" box="[165,1407,646,668]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1407,646,668]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
9. Neural spine present**.....................................................................................................................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1277,1407,647,668]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Euproctus</emphasis>
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- Neural spine absent.........................................................................................................................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1274,1406,677,699]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Calotriton</emphasis>
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10. Low or absent secondary crests ...............................................................................................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1226,1407,708,729]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Ommatotriton</emphasis>
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<keyLead box="[165,1406,738,760]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Marked secondary crests.................................................................................................................................11</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,217,1005]" box="[165,1406,769,791]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
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11. Articular facets of odontoid process not contacting each other (large groove between them)
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<keyLead pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Articular facets of odontoid process contacting each other or slightly separated (narrow groove between them)..................................................................................................................................................12</keyLead>
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12. Blade-like neural and secondary crests marked in anterior view ....................................................
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- Neural and secondary crests not marked in anterior view ..........................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bell" authorityYear="1839" box="[1269,1407,892,913]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Lissotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="44" pageNumber="613" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1269,1407,892,913]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Lissotriton</emphasis>
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*
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<emphasis box="[178,301,922,943]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Chioglossa</emphasis>
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507) the neural spine is not present; the diagnosis is identical to the one of
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<emphasis box="[165,411,1062,1086]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Precaudal vertebrae</emphasis>
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<keyLead box="[165,1406,1102,1124]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">1. Amphicoelous vertebrae ....................................................................................................................................2</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[165,1406,1133,1155]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Opisthocoelous vertebrae ..................................................................................................................................4</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1406,1164,1186]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1406,1164,1186]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">2. No ventral crests and keels ...............................................................................................................................3</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[165,1407,1194,1216]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
- Wide ventral crests and ventral keel...................................................................................................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1310,1407,1195,1216]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Proteus</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1407,1225,1247]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1407,1225,1247]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
3. Foramen on the lateral wall of the neural arch present..........................................................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1233,1407,1225,1247]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Speleomantes</emphasis>
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- Foramen on the lateral wall of the neural arch absent ........................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="DYBOWKI" authorityYear="1870" box="[1213,1407,1255,1277]" class="Amphibia" family="Hynobiidae" genus="Salamandrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="44" pageNumber="613" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1213,1407,1255,1277]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Salamandrella</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1406,1286,1308]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1406,1286,1308]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
4. High, forked neural crest (with lateral lips)...........................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1826" box="[1218,1406,1286,1308]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Salamandrina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="44" pageNumber="613" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1218,1406,1286,1308]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Salamandrina</emphasis>
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<keyLead box="[165,1407,1317,1339]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................5</keyLead>
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<keyLead pageId="44" pageNumber="613">5. Dorsoventrally compressed vertebra (only one-fifth of the vertebra height formed by the neural arch dorsal to postzygapophyses), with low anterior zygapophyseal crests poorly visible in lateral view ......................6</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[165,1407,1409,1431]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................8</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1406,1439,1462]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1406,1439,1462]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
6. Length approximately equal to width of the vertebra ...............................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Garsault" authorityYear="1764" box="[1245,1406,1439,1461]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Salamandra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="44" pageNumber="613" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1245,1406,1439,1461]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Salamandra</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1407,1470,1492]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1407,1470,1492]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Elongate vertebrae.............................................................................................................................................7</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1406,1501,1523]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1406,1501,1523]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
7. Prezygapophyses not markedly laterally extended from the neural arch...................................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1268,1406,1501,1523]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Chioglossa</emphasis>
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- Prezygapophyses laterally projecting from the neural arch (vertebra with an overall hourglass-shape) ......................................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="WAGA" authorityYear="1876" box="[1248,1406,1562,1584]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Mertensiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="44" pageNumber="613" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1248,1406,1562,1584]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Mertensiella</emphasis>
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<keyLead pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
8. Anterior zygapophyseal crests contacting parapophyses or lamina of transverse processes or ventral half of diapophysis.................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Michahelles" authorityYear="1830" box="[1259,1407,1623,1645]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Pleurodeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="44" pageNumber="613" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1259,1407,1623,1645]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Pleurodeles</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1407,1654,1676]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1407,1654,1676]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- Anterior zygapophyseal crests contacting dorsal half of diapophyses............................................................9</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1407,1685,1707]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1407,1685,1707]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
9. In anterior view, foramen at the base of parapophyses wide .................................................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1226,1407,1685,1706]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Ommatotriton</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1406,1716,1738]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1406,1716,1738]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- In anterior view, foramen at the base of parapophyses small .......................................................................10</keyLead>
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<keyLead pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
10. Dorsoventrally compressed vertebra (only one-fifth of the vertebra height formed by the neural arch dorsal to postzygapophyses) ...........................................................................................................................
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1299,1407,1777,1798]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">Triturus</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1406,1808,1830]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
<keyLead box="[165,1406,1808,1830]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">- One-third of the vertebra formed by neural crest/arch dorsal to postzygapophyses ...................................11</keyLead>
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<paragraph blockId="44.[165,1407,1102,1860]" box="[165,1406,1838,1860]" pageId="44" pageNumber="613">
11. Wide, equidimensional prezygapophyses (circular or quadrangular)...........................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1858" box="[1274,1406,1838,1860]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Calotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="44" pageNumber="613" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Calotriton</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph blockId="45.[183,1424,217,362]" box="[183,1424,217,239]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">- Elliptical prezygapophyses..............................................................................................................................12</paragraph>
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12. High, posteriorly forked neural crest and condyle visible for most of its length in dorsal view ..
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,278,300]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">- Different from above ........................................................................................................................................13</keyLead>
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13. In dorsal view, medial edges of the prezygapophyseal facets generally anteriorly diverging........
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,340,362]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">
- In dorsal view, medial edges of the prezygapophyseal facets generally parallel.........................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bell" authorityYear="1839" box="[1286,1424,340,361]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Lissotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="45" pageNumber="614" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[183,394,402,426]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">Caudal vertebrae</emphasis>
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,442,464]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">1. Amphicoelous vertebrae ....................................................................................................................................2</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,473,495]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">- Opisthocoelous vertebrae ..................................................................................................................................4</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,504,526]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">2. Posterior, dorsal bulge present ..........................................................................................................................3</keyLead>
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- Dorsal bulge absent, and forked posterior edge of the neural arch ...................................................
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3. Transverse processes expanded in dorsal view and slightly dorsally concave in anterior view ....................................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dubois" authorityYear="1984" box="[1251,1425,595,617]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Speleomantes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="45" pageNumber="614" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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- Transverse processes sub-rectangular in dorsal view and ventrally pointing in anterior view .................................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="DYBOWKI" authorityYear="1870" box="[1231,1425,657,679]" class="Amphibia" family="Hynobiidae" genus="Salamandrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="45" pageNumber="614" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<keyLead pageId="45" pageNumber="614">4. Low and wide neural arch dorsal to postzygapophyses (neural arch dorsal to postzygapophyses flattened) ............................................................................................................................................................................5</keyLead>
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5. High neural and haemal crest ....................................................................................................
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- Low haemal crest, and neural crest high only in its mid-length...............................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Garsault" authorityYear="1764" box="[1263,1424,841,863]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Salamandra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="45" pageNumber="614" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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6. M-shaped transverse processes and anterior and posterior ventral crests forming an angle &lt;130° in lateral view...........................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1826" box="[1236,1424,902,924]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Salamandrina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="45" pageNumber="614" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<keyLead box="[183,1425,933,955]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">- Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................7</keyLead>
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7. Posterior area of the dorsal surface of the neural arch and of the ventral surface of the haemal arch perforated .......................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Michahelles" authorityYear="1830" box="[1277,1425,994,1016]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Pleurodeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="45" pageNumber="614" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<keyLead box="[183,1425,1025,1047]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">- Different from above ..........................................................................................................................................8</keyLead>
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<keyLead box="[183,1425,1056,1078]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">8. Wide foramen on the lateral surface of the haemal arch ................................................................................9</keyLead>
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9. Height/length ratio ~1.31.4, and transverse processes in lateral view, laminar and anteroventrally inclined ......................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1850" box="[1243,1424,1148,1169]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Ommatotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="45" pageNumber="614" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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- Height/length ratio &lt;1.3, and transverse processes different from above .......................................
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10. Transverse processes triangular in anterior view ..........................................................................
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,1240,1262]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">- Transverse processes different from above ....................................................................................................11</keyLead>
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11. Transverse processes posteriorly concave in lateral view .............................................................
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<keyLead box="[183,1424,1301,1323]" pageId="45" pageNumber="614">- Transverse processes different from above ....................................................................................................12</keyLead>
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12. Height/length ratio&gt; 1.4 ................................................................................................
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- Height/length ratio ~1.31.4 .............................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="SONNINI &amp; LATREILLE" authorityYear="1801" box="[976,1144,1362,1384]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Ichthyosaura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="45" pageNumber="614" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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spp.
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