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Vertebral structure in adult <jats:italic>D. mexicanus<\/jats:italic> is compared with that in <jats:italic>Ichthyophis glutinosus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Typhlonectes compressicauda<\/jats:italic>. Centra of the atlas, second, tenth, 20th, and 50th vertebrae grow at allometrically different rates in <jats:italic>D. mexicanus<\/jats:italic>, though the 20th and 50th are not significantly different, Growth appears significantly slower in several dimensions of anterior and posterior vertebrae relative to midtrunk vertebrae in all three species. Mensural patterns throughout the entire column are similar in the terrestrial burrowers <jats:italic>D. mexicanus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>I. glutinosus;<\/jats:italic> patterns in the aquatic <jats:italic>T. compressicauda<\/jats:italic> differ substantially from those of the burrowing species and are strongly influenced by allometry. 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