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Sunherp
at Sat Jul 3 10:39:21 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Sunherp ]
Morphologically, milks have a short, rounded snout. Corns have a longer, squared snout. Milks have a cylindrical body and a thick, poorly defined neck. Corns have a "bread loaf" shaped body (cross section), with a slender, defined neck (comparatively). Milks have a comparatively short, thick tail (typical of a fossorial species), while that of corns is long and slender (typical of a semi-arboreal species).
Milks:
- 7-8 supralabials, with the third and fourth entering the orbit of the eye.
- anal plate single
Corns:
- 9 supralabials, with the fourth and fifth entering the ocular orbit.
- anal plate divided
Hope that helps. There are other differences, but these should suffice on the given animal.
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 Milk vs. Corn - Sunherp, Sat Jul 3 10:39:21 2010
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