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
In both groups breeding males have large ventrolateral glands, but the two groups are easily separated by four characters.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by William E. Duellman
The ventrolateral glands in schmidtorum more closely approximate one another midventrally than in chamulae.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by William E. Duellman
Taylor defined the genus as having large ventrolateral glands and horny nuptial spines in males.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by William E. Duellman
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 William E. Duellman
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