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Species-specific patterns of asymmetric morphological variation were evident after comparing the thin-plate splines obtained for the species. Asymmetric variation on all three species was predominantly concentrated in the Neurocranium, specifically in the occipitomastoid suture region. Variation was greater at the anterior region of the occipitomastoid suture for \textit{C. castanea}, at the middle section for \textit{C. brevicauda}, and at the posterior region for \textit{C. perspicillata}.  \textbf{Figure 3.} Thin-plate splines \section{Discussion} 

In the asymmetric CVA, specimens of \textit{C. brevicauda} and \textit{C. perspicillata} dispersed similarly across the morphospace, while specimens of \textit{C. castanea} dispersed slightly less. Also, species-specific patterns of morphological variation found in the thin-plate splines revealed some similarities between \textit{C. brevicauda} and \textit{C. perspicillata}, as well as \textit{C. castanea} as the most morphologically distant species.