Living Amphibians

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Introduction

This group, which includes all living amphibians, as well as their extinct relatives, goes by two formal names: Lissamphibia or Amphibia.

Other Names for Living Amphibians

• Lissamphibia
• Amphibia

References

Bolt, J. R. 1991. Lissamphibian origins. Pages 194–222 in: Origins of the Major Groups of Tetrapods: Controversies and Consensus (H. P. Schultze and L. Trueb, eds.) Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Duellman, W. E. and L. Trueb. 1994. Biology of Amphibians. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Feller, A. E. and S. B. Hedges. 1998. Molecular evidence for the early history of living amphibians. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 9: 509– 516.

Hedges, S. B. and L. R. Maxson. 1993. A molecular perspective on lissamphibian phylogeny. Herpetol. Monogr. 7: 27–42.

Trueb, L. and R. Cloutier. 1991. A phylogenetic investigation of the inter- and intrarelationships of the Lissamphibia (Amphibia: Temnospondyli). Pages 223–313 in: Origins of the Major Groups of Tetrapods: Controversies and Consensus. (H. P. Schultze and L. Trueb, eds.) Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Trueb, L. and R. Cloutier. 1991. Toward an understanding of the amphibians: two centuries of systematic history. Pages 175–193 in: Origins of the Major Groups of Tetrapods: Controversies and Consensus. (H. P. Schultze and L. Trueb, eds.) Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Zardoya, R. and A. Meyer. 2000. Mitochondrial evidence on the phylogenetic position of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Genetics 155:765-775.

Zardoya, R., and A. Meyer. 2001. On the origin of and phylogenetic relationships among living amphibians. PNAS 98:7380-7383.

Information on the Internet

• AmphibiaTree. The mission of this project is the realization of a comprehensive phylogeny of all taxa of extant and extinct amphibians.
• Amphibian Species of the World
• AmphibiaWeb.
• Declining Amphibian Population Task Force
• Australian Herpetological Directory
• California Academy of Sciences Herpetology
• Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server Herpetology Resources
• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
• livingunderworld.org
• Herps of Panama

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