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Opisthoglyphous vs Aglyphous - What's the difference?

opisthoglyphous | aglyphous | coordinate terms |

Aglyphous is a coordinate term of opisthoglyphous.



In of a snake terms the difference between opisthoglyphous and aglyphous

is that opisthoglyphous is whose teeth include an enlarged pair at the back of the maxillae which normally angle backwards and are grooved to channel venom into the puncture while aglyphous is whose teeth are similar in shape, not specialized.

opisthoglyphous

English

Adjective

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  • (of a snake) Whose teeth include an enlarged pair at the back of the maxillae which normally angle backwards and are grooved to channel venom into the puncture.

    • Coordinate terms

    * aglyphous * proteroglyphous * solenoglyphous

    aglyphous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a snake) Whose teeth are similar in shape, not specialized.
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    • , year=1890 , author=George Albert Boulenger , by= , title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Batrachia citation , chapter= , isbn= , publisher=Taylor and Francis , location=London , editor=W. T. Blanford , volume=10 , page=355 , passage=Chersydrus is the Aglyphous representative of the Hydrophids, with which it agrees in its mode of life and general appearance. }}

    Coordinate terms

    * opisthoglyphous * proteroglyphous * solenoglyphous