Brookesia nana female anatomy

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Description: English: Morphological characters of Brookesia nana sp. nov.: (A) preserved holotype (ZSM 1660/2012) in lateral view, showing right everted hemipenis, (B) head in dorsal and (C) lateral (mirrored, indicated with asterisk) views; head of female paratype (UADBA-R/FGZC 3752) in (D) dorsal and (E) lateral views; (F, G) close-ups of everted left hemipenis of holotype photographed under different light conditions; (H) micro-CT scan image of the female paratype in lateral view showing its skeleton. The inset image (I) shows the area marked by the stippled square viewed at a different rendering threshold, showing two developing eggs in the females’ ovaries. Date: 28 January 2021. Source: Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Hawlitschek, O. et al. Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons. Sciientific Reports 11, 2522 (2021).doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80955-1. Author: Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Oliver Hawlitschek, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Mark D. Scherz & Miguel Vences.