dorsal
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In August, researcher Ken Balcomb, founding director of the Center for Whale Research, got a call to come document dark dorsals cutting the water offshore of the mouth of the Elwha.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2019
In U. gadowi the enlarged dorsals usually are in four to six irregular rows; in the specimen from Guayabo the dorsals are in two rows.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
In Hypsiglena the scutellation, including the numbers of labials, dorsals, ventrals, and caudals, seem to vary in a clinal manner.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
Specimens from the mountains have greatly carinate enlarged dorsals, large lateral tubercles, and heavily stippled throats; in these characters they resemble specimens from Morelos, Guerrero, and Oaxaca.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
These have low keels on the snout scales, dorsals somewhat larger than the ventrals, and a pink throat fan.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Unit 2: Evolution
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