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A Comparatire Study of the Buccal Glands and Teeth of the Opisthoglyplia, and a Discussion on the Evolution of the Order from Aglypha *
Author(s) -
Sarkar Sushil Ch.
Publication year - 1923
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1923.tb02188.x
Subject(s) - order (exchange) , citation , buccal administration , information retrieval , library science , computer science , dentistry , medicine , finance , economics
The comparative anatomy of the buccal glands, teeth, and the problem of the evolution of the opisthoglyphous Snakes forms the subject of this paper, and was suggested to me by Professor G. E, Nicholls, under whose supervision the investigation was begun in the Biological Department of King's College for Women, Household and Social Science Department. After the research had been in progress for three months Dr. Nicholls had to leave for Australia, and since then the work has been carried on under Miss Philippa C. Esdaile, D.Sc, F.Z.S. It is wdth pleasure that I acknowledge my indebtedness to Dr. Esdaile for her invaluable advice and criticism during the progress of the work. I wish also to express my obligation to Professor Dendy and the Government Grant Committee of the Royal Society of .London for a grant-in-aid. Lastly, I have to thank Miss Alfreda Newton for her kind assistance in cutting series of sections of a large number of heads of snakes, and also for taking photographs of specimens and sections.