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JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY FOUNDED BY C.O. WHITMAN, 1887 ORIGINALLY FOUNDED BY THE WISTAR INSTITUTE PRESS EDITOR FREDERICK W. HARRISON 191 Wildwood Drive, Sylva, North Carolina 28779 U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] EDITOR EMERITUS CARL GANS Department of Zoology, University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITORS BURTON J. BOGITSH SUSAN W. HERRING DAVID M. SEVER Dept. of Biology Department of Orthodontics Department of Biology Box 1733 University of Washington, SM-46 Saint Mary’s College Station B Seattle, Washington 98195 Notre Dame, IN 46556 Vanderbilt University [email protected] [email protected] Nashville, TN 37235 NORMAN E. KEMP TRACY L. SIMPSON [email protected] Department of Biology Department of Biology FRED L. BOOKSTEIN The University of Michigan and Health Sciences * The Institute of Gerontology Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048 University of Hartford The University of Michigan [email protected] West Hartford, Connecticut 06117 901 Southwest NIB WILLIAM M. KIER [email protected] Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2007 Department of Biology JAMES R. STEWART [email protected] CB#3280 Coker Hall Department of Biological Sciences RONALD R. COWDEN University of North Carolina Box 70703 P.O. Box 879 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280 East Tennessee State University Abita Springs, LA 70420-0879 [email protected] Johnson City, Tennessee 37614-0703 [email protected] GEORGE V. LAUDER [email protected] JOE W. CRIM Department of Ecology SETH TYLER Cellular Biology and Evolutionary Biology Department of Zoology University of Georgia University of California University of Maine Rm 724 BioSciences Bldg. Irvine, California 92717 Orono, Maine 04469-5751 Athens, Georgia 30602 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PAUL F. A. MADERSON MARVALEE H. WAKE Department of Biology Department of Integrative Biology JAN ROBERT FACTOR Brooklyn College University of California Division of Natural Science New York, New York 11210 3erkeley, California 94720 State University of New York [email protected] [email protected] Purchase, New York 10577 [email protected] SUSAN B. McIVER DIANA WHEELER Box 968 Department of Entomology STEPHEN L. GARDINER Penticton The University of Arizona Department of Biology British Columbia Tucson, Arizona 85721 Bryn Mawr College Canada, V2A 7N7 [email protected] sBgryanr diManwer@,b ryPnemnanswyrl.veadnui a 19010-2899 [email protected] ROBERT M. WOOLLACOTT R. GLENN NORTHCUTT Museum of Comparative Zoology GERARD C. GORNIAK Department of Neurosciences Harvard University Institute of Physical Therapy Scripps Nevrobiology—0201 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 1690 US 1 South—Suite 1 University of California [email protected] St. Augustine, Florida 32086 La Jolla, California 92093 JOHN P. WOURMS JAMES HANKEN [email protected] Department of Biological Sciences Department of EPO Biology JOHN W. SAUNDERS, Jr. 132 Long Hall University of Colorado P.O. Box 381W Clemson University Boulder, Colorado 80309-0334 Waquoit, Massachusetts 02536 Clemson, South Carolina 29634-1903 james. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] VOLUME 239 JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH 1999 PUBLISHED BY WILEY-LISS, INC. NEW YORK, N.Y. COPYRIGHT © 1999 BY WILEY-LISS, INC. All rights reserved CONTENTS VOL. 239 JANUARY 1999 CONTENTS RicARDO MONTERO, CARL GANS, AND MARIA LUISA LIONS. Embry- onic Development of the Skeleton of Amphisbaena darwini heterozonata (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)............... 1 T.H. FRAZZETTA. Adaptations and Significance of the Cranial Feeding Apparatus of the Sunbeam Snake (Xenopeltis unicolor): Part I. Anatomy of the Skull ..........:........ 27 EILEEN D. GROGAN, RICHARD LUND, AND DOMINIQUE DIDIER. Description of the Chimaerid Jaw and Its Phylogenetic CE ck te ovine ales ede WEE wk dks Recah ek 45 BEATRIZ C. WINIK, Maria F. ALCAIDE, CLAUDIA A. CRESPO, MARCELA F. MEDINA, INES RAMOS, AND SILVIA N. FERNANDEZ. Ultrastructural Changes in the Oviductal Mucosa Through- out the Sexual Cycle in Bufo arenarum .................. 61 VIBEKE S@DRING ELBR@ND, VIBEKE DANTZER, AND ERIK SKADHAUGE. Differences in Epithelial Morphology Corre- late to Na*-transport: A Study of the Proximal, Mid, and Distal Regions of the Coprodeum From Hens on High and I i a 6 wid nbd weRS ad ataenee adh alee beawelenens 75 SUMIKO KiImMuRA, ICHIRO NARUSE, BLANKA A. SCHAUMANN, CHRIS C. PLATO, MASAHISA SHIMADA, AND KOHEI SHIOTA. Palmar and Plantar Pads and Flexion Creases of Genetic Poly- Ce I io 6 $A ek tedden cane e bateenas 87 DARRYL L. WHITEHEAD, IAN R. TIBBETTS, AND LINA Y.M. DADDow. Distribution and Morphology of the Ampullary Organs of the Salmontail Catfish, Arius graeffei.................... 97 HITOSHI ANDO AND TOSHIKI MAKIOKA. Structure of the Ovary and Mode of Oogenesis in a Freshwater Crab Potamon dehaani Guide for Authors VOL. 239 FEBRUARY 1999 CONTENTS JUN XING AND PEI-YUAN QIAN. Tower Cells of the Marine Bryozoan Membranipora membranacea...............++- ANA M. Costa-LEONARDO, RAQUEL C. BARSOTTI, AND HELENA X. Soares. Morphology of the Nymphoid Replacement Repro- ductives in the Neotropical Termite Armitermes euamigna- thus (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) ............ 131 III CONTENTS KEVIN C. ZIPPEL, RICHARD E. GLOR, AND JOHN E.A. BERTRAM. On Caudal Prehensility and Phylogenetic Constraint in Lizards: The Influence of Ancestral Anatomy on Function in Corucia and Furcifer DIRK BRANDIS, VOLKER STORCH, AND MICHAEL TURKAY. Morphol- ogy and Function of the Copulatory System in Freshwater Crabs of the Genus Potamon PER CHRISTIANSEN. Scaling of the Limb Long Bones to Body Mass in Terrestrial Mammals W. CALVIN BORDEN. Comparative Myology of the Unicornfishes, Naso (Acanthuridae, Percomorpha), With Implications for Phylogenetic Analysis VOL. 239 MARCH 1999 CONTENTS E. Pinart, S. SANCHO, M. Briz, AND S. BONET. Morphologic Study of the Testes From Spontaneous Unilateral and Bi- lateral Abdominal Cryptorchid Boars .................... L. Du PLEssis, A.J. BOTHA, AND K. STEVENS. Morphology of Rhinoceros Platelets F.J.R. RICHMOND, T.A. LIINAMAA, J. KEANE, AND D.B. THOMSON. Morphometry, Histochemistry, and Innervation of Cervical Shoulder Muscles in the Cat STEVEN R. LEWIS, ELLEN M. RASCH, FRED E. HOSSLER, JOHN H. KALBFLEISCH, AND PAUL J. MONACO. Comparative Study of Dentition Among Species of Poecilia (Pisces) Mark W. Hamrick. Development of Epiphyseal Structure and Function in Didelphis virginiana (Marsupiala, Didelphi- GD «6 cs sme Sennndn DVAGs aly eee ene LEONOR C.G. FERREIRA, RICHARD J. BEAMISH, AND JOHN H. Youson. Macroscopic Structure of the Fin-Rays and Their Annuli in Pectoral and Pelvic Fins of Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha LIST OF REVIEWERS, 1998 INDEX TO VOLUME 239