Heterolepidoderma
- Body shoe sole
- size 80 - 120 µm
- often with pseudocells
- numerous keel scales standing in oscillating longitudinal rows
- no or only terminal spines
24 Species:
Heterolepidoderma lamellatum
Heterolepidoderma longicaudatum
Heterolepidoderma loripes
Heterolepidoderma macrops
110 µm - 150 µmDorsal scales: 22-27 rows, each with 25-40 thin, elliptical keel scales (2 µm long) without terminal spine; toes unscaled
Ventral scales: two small keeled terminal plates, otherwise naked
Particularities: mostly relatively large pseudocells
Heterolepidoderma majus
130 µm - 200 µmDorsal scales: 25 rows of 40-80 elongated narrow keel scales each (3 x4 µm, maximum 7 µm)
Ventral scales: 6-11 rows with 18-30 small keel scales each (1.5 - 3 µm)
Particularities: Stomach ring, sometimes stands still