Total Evidence, Sequence Alignment, Evolution of Polychrotid Lizards, and a Reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania)

By D. Frost, R. Etheridge, Daniel A. Janies, T. Titus. 2001

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Abstract Using the techniques of direct optimization and sensitivity analysis, the phylogenetics of polychrotid lizards were examined on the basis of both molecular and morphological data (ca. 1040 bp of 12S rDNA, valine tDNA, and 16S rDNA, and 82 characters of morphology). A sensitivity analysis of sequence alignment and morphological change cost functions demonstrated that equal weighting provided the most parsimonious solution for all data. The Polychrotidae is found not to be monophyletic, containing instead the Corytophanidae as the sister taxon of Anolis plus Polychrus Based on these and other results over the last 12 years, the taxonomy of the Iguania is reformulated, with the Iguania composed of two subsidiary taxa, Acrodonta and Pleurodonta, the Acrodonta containing the likely paraphyletic and basally unresolved “Agamidae” as well as the Chamaeleonidae, and the Pleurodonta containing the Corytophanidae, Crotaphytidae, Hoplocercidae, Iguanidae, Leiocephalidae (newly elevated from its former status as a subfamily of the Tropiduridae), Leiosauridae (new taxon including Anisolepis, Aperopristis, Diplolaemus, Enyalius, Leiosaurus, Pristidactylus and Urostrophus), Liolaemidae (newly elevated from its former status as a subfamily of the Tropiduridae), Opluridae, Phrynosomatidae, Polychrotidae (restricted to Anolis and Polychrus), and Tropiduridae (excluding the former subfamilies Leiocephalinae and Liolaeminae).

Subfields: Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Parasitology

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In Global and Planetary Change

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2. D. Pincheira‐Donoso
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2. F. Werneck
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Citations in the corpus

• Phylogeny And Systematics Of Squamata (Reptilia) Based On Morphology (2008, background): “DIAGNOSIS: The clade formed by Polychrotidae and Corytophanidae is joined by 47(0) presence of an angulated jugal, 174(1) presence of a groove extending anterior to the anterior surangular foramen, 260(1) clavicles proximally expanded and with a notch or fenestra, and 273(0) absence of a sternal fon”
• The lizard assemblage from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest enclaves in the Cerrado biome, Brazil, and its association with the Pleistocenic Arc (2006, methodology): “We followed the taxonomic arrangement of Frost & Etheridge (1989) and Frost et al. (2001).”
• PHYLOGENY OF ANOLES (2004, background): “Frost and Etheridge (1989) and Frost et al. (2001) found these genera to be close relatives of Anolis.”
• A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes (2013, background): “Monophyly of Agamidae is strongly supported (Figure 16; SHL = 100), contr ary o some previous estimates [15,31].”
• A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania) (2008, background): “2, 3, 4 and 5, and as follows Family Liolaemidae Frost & Etheridge 1989 (family status according to Frost et al. 2001) Genus Ctenoblepharys Tschudi Genus Liolaemus Wiegmann Subgenus Liolaemus Wiegmann (clade chiliensis) Series signifer (see Pincheira-Donoso & Núñez 2005; also Etheridge 1995;…”
• Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: Different approaches to 'being large' in female and male lizards (2013, background): “…26 71.0 25.0 67.0 NA NA 1 1 Boulenger 1885b Frost et al. 2001 Leiosauridae Pristidactylus alvaroi 25.0 61.0 25.0 64.0 NA NA 1 1 Donoso-Barros 1974 Frost et al. 2001 Leiosauridae Pristidactylus araucanus 29.0 74.0 29.5 73.5 NA Oviparous 13 10 Cei et al. 2001 NA Leiosauridae Pristidactylus…”
• Biogeography of the Monte Desert (2009, background): “Leiosaurus, a phylogenetically genus related to Diplolaemus and Pristidactylus (Frost et al., 2001), includes L. bellii Duméril and Bibron, which inhabits ecotonal areas of Monte-Patagonia and species more restricted to the Monte such as L. paronae Peracca, L. catamarcensis Koslowsky and L.…”
• Los últimos 30 años de estudios de la familia de lagartijas más diversa de Argentina. Actualización taxonómica y sistemática de Liolaemidae (2014, unknown): “Frost & Etheridge, 1989 Frost et al., 2001 Schulte et al., 2003 Conrad, 2008 Townsed et al., 2011 Pyron et al., 2013 Tropiduridae Liolaemidae Iguanidae Tropiduridae Liolaemidae Liolaemidae Liolaeminae Tropidurinae Liolaeminae Liolaemini et al., 2001) y encuentra al clado (Ctenoblepharys (Liolaemus…”