ventrolateral
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Scientists now have concrete evidence that two groups of cells—the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus in the hypothalamus and the parafacial zone in the brain stem—are involved in prompting SWS.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2015
All species have some form of a pale stripe above the anus and usually rather distinct white or pale stripes along the ventrolateral edges of the tarsi and forearms.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
In two specimens the ventrolateral glands are weakly developed; in the others the glands are well developed and orange-tan.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
Diagnosis.—Small hylids having stream-adapted tadpoles and differing from other hylid genera in having large ventrolateral glands in breeding males.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
It outlines almost entirely the posterior border of the orbit, the ventrolateral portion of the cheek region, and the lateral border of the top of the skull behind the orbit.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
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