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
