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  • head: narrow, long neck
    horns short
    ridge along back
    wings strongly curved
    no dark collar between eyes
    tail short, scaly, no spine
    mouth under snout
    underside: dark around sides of neck; front of pectorals white, rear abruptly grey
  • head wide, with large paddles
    behind last gill slit: large dark semicircle
    pale shoulder blotch - long hook on inside
    center shoulder: T shaped black patch
    mouth at front, black
  • head: horns long, front not concave
    wings not strongly curved
    tail: < disc, base compressed, no spine
    mouth under head
    spiracle: small, circular, under pectoral, with groove to over eye
    underneath not abruptly bicolored
  • wings: front edges straight/slightly convex
    broard dark band between eyes; behind eye -white crescent visible from above
    D; curved, tip white
    tail = / > disc width, row white tubercles along side, + spine
    mouth under snout
    spiracle above pectoral base, = short transvers slit under a ridge
    belly: white
    large
  • mouth opens at front of snout, pale
    behind last gill slit: 0-2 small dark spots
    pale shoulder blotch - oval inside, hook outside
    lower teeth: band 77% mouth width, 9-11 rows
  • wing front edge - double curve
    head & horns short
    ventral: concave part front wing edge + dark blotch
    tail long, no spine, base flattened
    D - white tip
    mouth under snout
    ventral: white, green patch near rear edge
    1.8 m