BIOL 3300 Vertebrate Zoology: Ectotherms - Herpetology http://www.amphibian.com.au/
Gymnophiona diversity! Epicrionops bicolor – Digimorph.org Ichthyophis bannanicus – Digimorph.org Dermophis mexicanus – Digimorph.org
Gymnophiona diversity! 3-6 families (depending on who you ask) Caeciliidae Typhlonectidae Scolecomorphidae Ichthyophiidae Uraeotyphlidae Rhinatrematidae ?
Gymnophiona diversity!
Gymnophiona diversity! Caeciliidae (>100 species) 100mm – 1,500mm Can occur in disturbed/agricultural grounds… friable-pesticides!
Gymnophiona diversity! Ichthyophiidae (~50) Size up to ~500mm Asiatic
Gymnophiona diversity! Typhlonectidae 3rd largest family (~10) Size up to ~750mm South American
Gymnophiona diversity! Others…
Urodelan diversity!
Urodelan diversity! 9-10 Families (depending on who you ask…) Tree of Life Web (www.tolweb.org) Fig. 3-1 Pough et al. 2004
Urodelan diversity! Cryptobranchidae Small family (3 species) SE USA & Asia
Urodelan diversity! Cryptobranchidae Compressed heads
Urodelan diversity! Cryptobranchidae
Urodelan diversity! Hynobiidae 3rd largest family (~50)
Urodelan diversity! Hynobiidae No synapomorphies!
Urodelan diversity! Proteidae Small family (6 species) Eastern USA & Europe
Urodelan diversity! Proteidae
Urodelan diversity! Sirenidae Small family (4 species) SE USA Small to medium sized
Urodelan diversity! Sirenidae
Urodelan diversity! Amphiumidae
Urodelan diversity! Amphiumidae
Urodelan diversity! Rhyacotritonidae Small family (4) Pacific northwest endemic
Urodelan diversity! Rhyacotritonidae
Urodelan diversity! Salamandridae See information under lab link…
Urodelan diversity! Dicamptodontidae See information under lab link…
Urodelan diversity! Ambystomatidae See information under lab link…
Urodelan diversity! Plethodontidae See information under lab link…