Osteology of Batrachuperus yenyuanensis (Urodela, Hynobiidae), a high-altitude mountain stream salamander from western China
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Micro-CT rendered reconstructions of the lower hindlimb and pes of Batrachuperus yenyuanensis.
Left lower hindlimb of CIB 17309 (A), CIB 17313 (B), FMNH 49371 (C) and CIB 72597 (E); right lower hindlimb of CIB 14514 (D) and FMNH 49371 (F). Note the preaxial elements (tibiale and/or element y) are delayed in ossification in CIB 17309 and CIB17313; the two centralia are fused in CIB 14514 but remain separated from each other in all other specimens; the postminimus is ossified in FMNH 49371, CIB 14514 and CIB 72597. CIB 14514 from Maoniudui, Dechang County; CIB 17309, 17313, and FMNH 49371 from Shuangertang, Yanyuan County; CIB 72597 from Tuowu, Mianning County.