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The results of an analysis of manifestations and combinations of urotomy and regeneration in the caudal part of the vertebral column in agamid lizards of the subfamily Draconinae Fitzinger, 1826 are considered based on the material stored in museums around the world. The methods of X-ray analysis and computed microtomography (CT) were used based on our own data and the data on skeletal morphology from the electronic resource MorphoSource. The manifestations of urotomy and regeneration of agamid lizards in phylogenetic and ecological contexts are discussed.
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The authors are grateful to M.O. Rödel and F. Tillack of ZMB; B. Stuart of NCSM; A. Rasetar and J. Mata of FMNH; H. Ota of the Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Museum of Nature and Human Activities, University of Hyogo, Sanda, Japan; T. Hikida of KUZR; and D. Blackburn of the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, for access to museum collections, provision of specimen data of M. phuwuanensis, and help in working on the materials of this article. We thank V.G. Sideleva and Z.A. Zhidkov (ZIN RAS) and H. Ota and T. Hikida for the opportunity to conduct X-ray studies. We are sincerely grateful to G.A. Lada and G.O. Cherepanov for their contribution to the work with the text of the manuscript.
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This work was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project no. 075-15-2021-1069) within the State Theme (project no. 122031100282-2).
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Ananjeva, N.B., Gordeev, D.A., Tao, N.T. et al. Analysis of Urotomy and Regeneration in Agamid Lizards of the Genus Mantheyus (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae: Draconinae) Using X-ray Methods and a Computed Microtomography. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 49, 309–317 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359022040033
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