INTEGBI 175LF Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stapes, Viviparity, Dermophiidae
9 Feb 2018
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Sisler taxon of remaining caecilians retain primitive states t3 annuli wl dermal scales terminal mouths. , straight retro articular processes, small interhyoideus muscles tntaukr opening hear corner of eye true til y could vertebrae slightly kinetic zygokntaphk skulls biology : burrowers/ cryptic surface dwellers eat earthworms. Some ev for ovipary + trr eggs guarded by female. 57 g. true tail slegohwtrphic inkrhyoideus muscles well. Developed subterminal mouth to -30 annuli oviparous nadir . dev . eggs laid near water. Africa characters : reduced + psd skulls no stapes lack of tail no 3 annuli attached to tentacle no orbits eye ovilviviparovs. 140 a) my sub . terminal mouth eyes covered by bone. + disc . more sp . recently fossorial. Annuli semi ag ancestors tins lat comp . narial plugs intrauterine viviparous w/ burrow by day + forage @ night,
