Preferred Label : femoral pore;
Uberon definition : Femoral pores are a part of a holocrine secretory gland found on the inside of the
thighs of certain lizards and amphisbaenians which releases pheromones to attract
mates or mark territory. In certain species only the male has these pores and in other
species, both sexes have them, with the males being larger.[1] Femoral pores appear
as a series of pits or holes within a row of scales on the ventral portion of the
animal's thigh.;
Uberon Taxon note : Femoral pores are present in all genera in the families Cordylidae, Crotaphytidae,
Hoplocercidae, Iguanidae, Phrynosomatidae, and Xantusiidae. They are absent in all
genera in the Anguidae, Chamaeleonidae, Dibamidae, Helodermatidae, Scincidae, Xenosauridae,
and Varanidae families.[1] They are present in other lizards and amphisbaenians quite
variably, some geckoes, Phelsuma, for example have these pores, others in the same
family do not;
Origin ID : 0011264;
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Femoral pores are a part of a holocrine secretory gland found on the inside of the
thighs of certain lizards and amphisbaenians which releases pheromones to attract
mates or mark territory. In certain species only the male has these pores and in other
species, both sexes have them, with the males being larger.[1] Femoral pores appear
as a series of pits or holes within a row of scales on the ventral portion of the
animal's thigh.
