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