Etymology
Origin of frontoparietal
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This effect was especially strong in the frontoparietal network, which plays an important role in movement planning, attention, and coordination.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Ptychohyla schmidtorum has a red eye, white lateral stripe, frontoparietal fontanelle, funnel-shaped mouth in tadpoles, and lacks nuptial spines; in all of these characters it resembles members of the Hyla uranochroa group.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
The holotype is a juvenile female and as is the case in the juveniles of nearly all leptodactylids, a frontoparietal fontanelle is present.
From A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by Lynch, John D.
Shape of presphenoid, nasals, interparietal, frontoparietal sutures, and length and degree of the openings of the incisive foramina are useful in delimiting subspecies.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.
Dorsally, the sphenethmoid is wider than long, roughly pentagonal in shape; the frontoparietal is elongate, narrow, and smooth, with a small supraorbital process anteriorly.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.
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