A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage)

dc.contributor.author	Du Toit, Francois Lassalle	en_ZA
dc.contributor.other	Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Botany & Zoology.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-27T11:38:14Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-27T11:38:14Z
dc.date.issued	1971
dc.description	Thesis (M. Sc.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1971.
dc.description.abstract	ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The various skull components of Feylinia polylepis are described and compared with those of other limbless, burrowing lizards and in particular with burrowing skikns. The structure of the palate confirms that Feylinia is a degenerate skink and that recent classifications are correct in placing it under the family Scincidae rather than assigning it family rank. De Witte and Laurent (1943) are shown to be correct in placing Feylinia as the end form in a line of descent that includes Melanoseps (=Scelotes) and Typhlacontias. They are also correct in regarding the Feylinia group as divergent from the other African line of degenerate burrowers namely Acontias and Typhlosaurus.	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	79 pages : illustrations.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/56965
dc.language.iso	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holder	Stellenbosch University
dc.subject	Polylepis	en_ZA
dc.subject	Lizards -- Morphology	en_ZA
dc.subject	Dissertations -- Zoology	en_ZA
dc.subject	UCTD	en_ZA
dc.title	A contribution to the cranial morphology of the African burrowing lizard Feylinia polyepis (Bocage)	en_ZA
dc.type	Thesis

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