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English: Precloacal vertebrae of Vasuki indicus. IITR/VPL/SB 3102-10I-II, complete posterior anterior trunk/mid-trunk vertebrae in anterior view (a); posterior view (b); right lateral view (c); dorsal view (d); ventral view (e). IITR/VPL/SB 3102-9I-II, partial mid-trunk vertebrae in anterior view (f); posterior view (g); left lateral (reversed) view (h); dorsal view (i); ventral view (j). IITR/VPL/SB 3102-4, nearly-complete mid-trunk vertebra in anterior view (k); posterior view; (l); left lateral (reversed) view (m); dorsal view (n); ventral view (o). IITR/VPL/SB 3102-8I-II, partial mid-trunk vertebrae in anterior view (p); posterior view (q); right lateral view (r); dorsal view (s); ventral view (t). IITR/VPL/SB 3102-11I-III, partial mid-trunk vertebrae in posterior view (u); right lateral view (v); dorsal view (w); ventral view (x). Grey arrows indicate anterior direction. Roman numerals on figures (c–e,h–j,r–t,v–w) refer to individual vertebrae in articulated specimens where ‘I” is towards the anterior. Pink and white arrows indicate fossae and foramen on lateral surface of centrum, respectively. Red arrow indicates endozygantral foramen. White arrowheads indicate paired protuberance on ventral median shaft. co cotyle, cn condyle, da diapophysis, hyp hypapophysis, izr interzygapophyseal ridge, msf median shaft, nc neural canal, nrl neural arch lamina, ns neural spine, pa parapophysis, pcof paracotylar foramen, pcofo paracotylar fossa, po post-zygapophysis, pr prezygapophysis, psl prespinal lamina, scf subcentral foramen, scfo subcentral fossa, zg zygantrum, zs zygosphene. Scale bar represents 50 mm.