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BIOL 3300 Vertebrate Zoology: Ectotherms - Herpetology

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1 BIOL 3300 Vertebrate Zoology: Ectotherms - Herpetology

2 Gymnophiona diversity!
Epicrionops bicolor – Digimorph.org Ichthyophis bannanicus – Digimorph.org Dermophis mexicanus – Digimorph.org

3 Gymnophiona diversity!
3-6 families (depending on who you ask) Caeciliidae Typhlonectidae Scolecomorphidae Ichthyophiidae Uraeotyphlidae Rhinatrematidae ?

4 Gymnophiona diversity!

5 Gymnophiona diversity!
Caeciliidae (>100 species) 100mm – 1,500mm Can occur in disturbed/agricultural grounds… friable-pesticides!

6 Gymnophiona diversity!
Ichthyophiidae (~50) Size up to ~500mm Asiatic

7 Gymnophiona diversity!
Typhlonectidae 3rd largest family (~10) Size up to ~750mm South American

8 Gymnophiona diversity!
Others…

9 Urodelan diversity!

10 Urodelan diversity! 9-10 Families (depending on who you ask…)
Tree of Life Web ( Fig. 3-1 Pough et al. 2004

11 Urodelan diversity! Cryptobranchidae Small family (3 species)
SE USA & Asia

12 Urodelan diversity! Cryptobranchidae Compressed heads

13 Urodelan diversity! Cryptobranchidae

14 Urodelan diversity! Hynobiidae 3rd largest family (~50)

15 Urodelan diversity! Hynobiidae No synapomorphies!

16 Urodelan diversity! Proteidae Small family (6 species)
Eastern USA & Europe

17 Urodelan diversity! Proteidae

18 Urodelan diversity! Sirenidae Small family (4 species) SE USA
Small to medium sized

19 Urodelan diversity! Sirenidae

20 Urodelan diversity! Amphiumidae

21 Urodelan diversity! Amphiumidae

22 Urodelan diversity! Rhyacotritonidae Small family (4)
Pacific northwest endemic

23 Urodelan diversity! Rhyacotritonidae

24 Urodelan diversity! Salamandridae See information under lab link…

25 Urodelan diversity! Dicamptodontidae See information under lab link…

26 Urodelan diversity! Ambystomatidae See information under lab link…

27 Urodelan diversity! Plethodontidae See information under lab link…


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