The dates and topics listed are a bit tentative. Check this page frequently for updates.

We will meet from 7-10pm on Wed evenings in Patterson 617, unless otherwise announced.

 

Date
 

Lectures

Readings

Further Notes

Presentation

16 Jan

1.

Origin of tetrapods and living amphibians

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Lecture 1 none

23 Jan

2.

Frog Origins; morphology and general characteristics of Anura

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  Short reports Laurin matrix

30 Jan

3.

Discoglossoids, Pipoidea and Pelobatoidea; Hypothesis testing in phylogenetics

Review; see Readings page

Lecture 3 None

6 Feb

4.

Skeleton, Tadpoles

 

 

Projects  

6 March

5.

Hyloids: Myobatrachidae, Centrolenidae, Pseudidae, Brachycephalidae, Sooglossidae, Rhinodermatidae, Dendrobatidae, Bufonidae

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20 Mar

6.

Ranoidea: "Ranidae" and ranoid treefrogs

  Lecture 6  
27 Mar

7.

Frogs: Summary Lab. Decay Index.   Lecture 7  

3 Apr

8.

Classification, morphology and general characteristics of salamanders. Hynobiids and cryptobranchids, Sirenidae

     

10 Apr

9.

Ambystomatoids, Rhyacotriton, Proteidae, Dicamptodon, Salamandridae

     

17 Apr

10.

Plethodontidae

     

24 Apr

11.

Phylogeny of major lineages of salamanders, including the Albanerpetontids; Issues of heterochrony

     

1 May

12.

Morphology, general characteristics of caecilians, and phylogeny of caecilians

Nussbaum; Wilkinson; Hedges

   

Last updated 3/28/02 by David Cannatella