TABLE 2 in A new dwarf gecko of the genus Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the eastern slope of the Andean Cordillera de Mérida in northern South America

TABLE 2. Cranial osteological characters of Pseudogonatodes quihuai sp. nov. and its congeners P. barbouri and P. furvus based on micro-CT scans.
CharactersP. quihuai sp. nov. (n = 3)P. barbouri (n = 1; MCZ R-14385)P. furvus (n = 1; MCZ R-29700)Number of premaxillary tooth loci111311Number of maxillary tooth loci22–241624–25Number of dentary tooth loci26–302326–27Number of dentary mental foramina5–745–6Number of maxillary foramina2–523–4Shape of anterior margin of maxillary facial processrounded, merging gradually into dorsal marginangular, with more acute transition into dorsal marginrounded, merging gradually into dorsal marginFrontal-maxilla contactbroadbroadmarginalDegree of frontal fusionpartly fused or pairedcompletely fusedpartly fusedPalatines in medial contactdistinctly separateddistinctly separatedyesMaxilla contacts vomer and septomaxillanonoyesSeptomaxillaeseparated medially?in medial contact along most of their length except anteriorlyPremaxilla contacts septomaxillayes and nonoyesNasal contacts septomaxillayesnoyesPremaxilla contacts vomernoyesyesVomer contacts palatineeventuallyyesyesPrefrontal contacts nasal (internally)yes?notShape of anteromedial margin between vomerswith a V-shaped notch, forming the posterior part of the rectangular shaped premaxillary-vomerine fenestradeeply notched, resulting in the formation of an elongated premaxillary-vomerine fenestravomers in contact anteromedially, leaving only a small slightly triangular opening to form a premaxillary-vomerine fenestraBasipterygoid process of basicranium contacts pterygoidnonoyesBones of braincasecompletely fused, no sutures visible or completely separatedcompletely fused, no sutures visiblepartly fused, sutures partly visibleTrabeculaelarge, protruding anteriorly, not embedded in laminar bonesmall, completely embedded in laminar bonesmall, completely embedded in laminar bone