Transcript Anuran diversity!

BIOL 3300 Vertebrate Zoology:
Ectotherms - Herpetology
http://www.amphibian.com.au/
Anuran diversity!
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(except 1)
• Caudal/sacral
vertebrae fused into
_______________
• _________ presacral
vertebrae
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Anuran diversity!
• Tongue attached
________________
• Reproductive mode
__________
• Fertilization …
• __________
(variations)
Anuran diversity!
Anuran diversity!
• Ascaphidae
• See
information
under lab
link…
Anuran diversity!
• Leiopelmatidae
• Some phylogenetic
schemes place these
with tailed frogs.
Anuran diversity!
• Pipidae
• Small but VERY distinct
family (~30 species)
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• __________in adults
• Non-pedicelate
teeth
Anuran diversity!
• Pipidae
• Well known in the lab!
Anuran diversity!
• Rhinophrynidae
• 1 species… But oh so
distinct!
Anuran diversity!
• Rhinophrynidae
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Anuran diversity!
• Rhinophrynidae
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Anuran diversity!
• Scaphiopodidae (Pelobatidae)
• See
information
under lab
link…
Anuran diversity!
• Dendrobatidae
• Large family (~300
species)
• ________________
(Central/South America)
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… only a
few used on darts… one
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Anuran diversity!
• Hylidae
• See
information
under lab
link…
• Intercalary
cartilages
Anuran diversity!
• Strabomantidae
• Large family
(~500 species)
• Split from formerly
largest vertebrate genus
______________ to
current largest
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Anuran diversity!
• Craugastoridae
• Leaf litter frogs
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Anuran diversity!
• Microhylidae
• Narrow mouth toads
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Anuran diversity!
• Centrolenidae
• ~150 species
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• Glass frogs
Anuran diversity!
• Brachycephalidae
• Small S. American frogs
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Anuran diversity!
• Bufonidae
• Large family
(~500 species)
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“Toothless Toads”
Anuran diversity!
• Allophrynidae
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… But oh so
distinct!
• Glass frog relative?
Lumped by some?
Anuran diversity!
• Ranidae
• ~1000 species…
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• No intercalary
cartilages
• Probably NOT
_______________
Anuran diversity!
• Mantellidae
• Endemic to ____________
• Similar to…
Anuran diversity!
• Leptodactylidae
• Perhaps NOT
monophyletic