INVESTIGADORES
ABDALA Virginia Sara Luz
artículos
Título:
Cladistic Analysis of Teiidae based on myological characters
Autor/es:
MORO, S.; VIRGINIA SARA LUZ ABDALA
Revista:
Russian journal of herpetology
Editorial:
Folium Publishing Co.
Referencias:
Lugar: Moscú; Año: 2000 vol. 7 p. 87 - 102
ISSN:
1026-2296
Resumen:
CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF TEIIDAE (SQUAMATA) BASED ON MYOLOGICAL CHARACTERS Silvia Moro1 and Virginia Abdala2 Submitted October 11, 1999. The cranial musculature of twelve (12) species of all genera of Teiidae was compared and analyzed for taxonomic significance. Using 70 myological cranial characters a cladistic analysis of the taxa mentioned was performed. Parsimony analysis were conducted with the program PeeWee. To root the trees, Sphenodon, one lacertid, six gymnophthalmids, and two scincids, were added to the matrix. Only one tree was obtained with a fit = 295.0 and length = 195. There is a split between teiids and gymnophthalmids, but no between Teiini and Tupinambini. Podarcis is part of a clade with scincids. The scincids are a monophyletic group. These clade is the sister group of gymnophthalmids, except Echinosaura and Pantodactylus which are related to teiids. Teiids are monophiletics (except for Pantodactylus). Key words: Teiidae, Cranial myology, Phylogeny