Tongue of the Egyptian Endemic Bridled Skink (; Olivier, 1804): Gross, Electron Microscopy, Histochemistry, and Immunohistochemical Analysis.

The present study used light and scanning electron microscopy to describe the integrative morphological description of the tongue and laryngeal mound of , an endemic lizard of Saharan Africa. Additionally, ultrastructure, histology, histochemistry, and immunohistochemical approaches were used to characterize the lingual apparatus adaptations. In the present study, consisted of a complex lingual papillary system in which the ventral apical surface of the foretongue comprised conical papillae.