CRANIAL MYOLOGY OF SOME SPECIES OF LIOLAEMUS AND PHYMATURUS (SQUAMATA, TROPIDURIDAE, LIOLAEMINAE)

Authors
MORO S ABDALA V
Citation
S. Moro et V. Abdala, CRANIAL MYOLOGY OF SOME SPECIES OF LIOLAEMUS AND PHYMATURUS (SQUAMATA, TROPIDURIDAE, LIOLAEMINAE), Amphibia-reptilia, 19(2), 1998, pp. 171-192
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Amphibia-reptilia → ACNP
ISSN journal
01735373
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
171 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0173-5373(1998)19:2<171:CMOSSO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The cranial musculature of 19 species of Liolaemus and two species of Phymaturus was compared and analyzed for taxonomic significance. Using 52 myological cranial characters a cladistic analysis of the taxa men tioned was performed. Parsimony analysis was conducted with the progra m Nona, and 180 equally parsimonious trees were obtained. In all of th em the Tropidurinae are paraphyletic. The Liolaeminae are a monophylet ic group. Phymaturus and Liolaemus are monophyletic groups, and the re lationships among the species of Liolaemus remain unresolved.