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Erstellt von Emilie Broussard
vor mehr als 4 Jahre
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Family:
N SA, E of Andes
Fossorial, some terrestrial
True short tails
Secondary and tertiary annuli
Dermal scales present
Mouth at tip of snout
Not hight specialized for burrowing
Jaw adducting muscle made of one bundle
Biphasic repro cycle (larvae hatch from eggs)
Family:
Have true tails
Secondary and tertiary annuli
Dermal scales
Stegokrotaphic skulls
Oviparious
Gilled larvae
Family:
Zygokrotaphic, but lacks several bony elements
Counter-sunk lower jaws
Eyes connected to tentacle and protruded
Lack secondary and tertiary annuli & lack dermal scales
Viviparous
No true tail
Family:
Disjunct Africa
Young have unique teeth with hook-like processes to peel mothers skin
Eyes concealed under bone
Family:
S Asia
Fossorial, evergreen tropical forests
Oviparous, direct development
Secondary annuli
Family:
C/S America
Direct development
Viviparous
Few to no secondary annuli
Lack dermal scales
Lack true tail
Prob paraphyletic
Monocusped teeth
Family:
SA, E of Andes
Secondarily aquatic (some semi aquatic
Viviparous, juveniles shed gills
Burrow
Zygokrotaphic skulls
Lack annular scales and secondary annuli
Include the largest extant lungless tetrapod
Family:
India, Seychelles, NE Africa (disjunct)
Rainforests
Fossorial
Have secondary annuli
Varied repro
Parental care
Family:
N/C America, tropical Africa
Fossorial
Viviparious
Secondary annuli and annular scales
Eat earthworms
Family:
SA
Oviparous
Imperforate stapes
Lacks inner mandibular teeth
Maternal dermatophagy (young eats dead skin from mother)