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Table 1 Number of scleral ossicles in geckos; presence and conjunctival papillae counts in each embryonic stage

From: The embryology of the retinal pigmented epithelium in dwarf geckos (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylinae): a unique developmental pattern

Species

Adult scleral ossicles

Developmental stage

Conjunctival papillae condition

Gonatodes albogularis

14

Stage 31

Absent

14

Stage 33

Present; 14 papillae

14

Stage 34

Present; 11 papillae

14

Stage 35

Absent

Gonatodes humeralis

13-14

Stage 35

Absent

Chatogekko amazonicus

12-14

Stage 34

Absent

Sphaerodactylus macrolepis mimetes

13-14

Stage 34

Absent

Hemidactylus mabouia

?

Stage 34

Absent

Phyllopezus pollicaris

14-15

Stage 33

Absent

Polychrus acutirostris

14

Stage 29

Absent

 

14

Stage 33

Present; 11 papillae

Tupinambis merianae

14

Stage 29

Absent

 

14

Stage 33

Present; 14 papillae