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
Nonetheless, the fact remains that all of the species assigned to the genus Ptychohyla have ventrolateral glands in the breeding males; furthermore, ventrolateral glands are unknown in other hylids.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
If the P. schmidtorum group and the P. euthysanota group each evolved from separate hylid stocks, then the ventrolateral glands must have developed independently in both groups.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
As stated in the diagnosis of the genus, the only character that sets this group of species apart from other hylids is the presence of ventrolateral glands in the breeding males.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
A narrow, sometimes broken white line is present on the ventrolateral edge of the forearm.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
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