Ed Stanley
@drscanley.bsky.social
Research Scientist at the Florida Museum, PI on the NoCTURN research network. I use CT scanning and other imaging techniques to study the evolution, systematics and comparative morphology of reptiles, amphibians and all kinds of other critters.
Feel free to use that anytime!
July 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Feel free to use that anytime!
Thanks for the reply! My understanding is that ovoviviparity is a kind of viviparity, like placental viviparity. Dan Blackburn has written a lot on this topic- here is a nice paper about the confusing terminology www.thebhs.org/publications...
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June 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thanks for the reply! My understanding is that ovoviviparity is a kind of viviparity, like placental viviparity. Dan Blackburn has written a lot on this topic- here is a nice paper about the confusing terminology www.thebhs.org/publications...
Hi, yes, Ouroborus and all non-platysaur cordylids give birth to live young. Like most live bearing lizards, they do this by keeping their eggs inside them until embryos are sufficiently developed, which is called ovovivipary. True placental vivipary occurs in mammals and a few lineages of skink.
June 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Hi, yes, Ouroborus and all non-platysaur cordylids give birth to live young. Like most live bearing lizards, they do this by keeping their eggs inside them until embryos are sufficiently developed, which is called ovovivipary. True placental vivipary occurs in mammals and a few lineages of skink.