#Онлайн-курс зоології хребетних
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IV. Amphibia sensu lato-06. Order Gymnophiona — Caecilians
A brief overview of the smallest and most peculiar order of modern amphibians
IV. Amphibia sensu lato-09. Order Anura — Tailless Amphibians. Parts II and III — Hylidae, Bufonidae and related families
The second part of the description of tailless amphibian diversity
I. Vertebrates Zoology-04. Recommended Literature for Studying Vertebrate Zoology
An overview of the literature on vertebrate zoology available on the site, with links for downloading or reading online
VII. Class Mammalia-01. Characteristics of Mammals
What exactly made mammals such a successful group of animals?
V. Reptilia sensu lato-01. History of reptiles. Phylum Synapsida
Reptiles evolved through several evolutionary branches. The most diverse are the diapsids, but other groups also hold exclusive interest
V. Reptilia sensu lato-12. Ophidia-III (from Homalopsidae to Colubridae)
The third group (not a taxon, simply 10 families) of snakes. The most numerous, most advanced, and most conspicuous snakes.
V. Reptilia sensu lato-13. Order Crocodilia — Crocodiles
Crocodiles. Large, archaic, relatively species-poor, but entirely successful (until the appearance of humans) reptiles.
V. Reptilia sensu lato-09. Snakes
Fragments for now... This section is intended to cover the systematics of lepidosaurs, their distinctive features, and the smallest of the modern reptilian orders.
V. Reptilia sensu lato-05. Order Testudines — Turtles
It is impossible not to recognize a turtle. Nevertheless, ideas about their position on the evolutionary tree of reptiles have changed substantially in recent years.
IV. Amphibia sensu lato-07. Order Caudata — Tailed Amphibians
A survey of modern tailed amphibians.
V. Reptilia sensu lato-10. Ophidia-I (from Leptotyphlopidae to Uropeltidae)
The first group (not a taxon, simply 10 families) of snakes, mostly worm-like.
IV. Amphibia sensu lato-08. Order Anura — Tailless Amphibians. Part I — Basal Families
The first part of the systematic survey of tailless amphibians.
IV. Amphibia sensu lato-01. Origin of the tetrapods, their history and the main fossil groups of amphibians
“The most grandiose of all the risky ventures that vertebrates have undertaken throughout their long history was, perhaps, the development of tetrapods and the transition to land; this step was associated with fundamental functional changes and triggered profound structural reorganizations.” …
III. Pisces-08. Actinopterygii (III): Percomorpha from Anabantiformes to Tetraodontiformes
Anabantiformes, pleuronectiforms, syngnathiforms, scombriforms, perciforms, scorpaeniforms, lophiiforms, and other orders.
III. Pisces-07. Actinopterygii (II): Euteleostei to Istiophoriformes
A large group of orders of higher teleost fishes, including — salmoniforms, esociforms, gadiforms, gobiiforms, blenniiforms, beloniforms, cyprinodontiforms and others.
III. Pisces-06. Actinopterygii (I): from Polypteriformes to Gymnotiformes
A brief overview of ray-finned fishes from mullets to herring-like species. Systematics according to Nelson et al., 2016.
III. Pisces-09. Subclass "Sarcopterygii" — Lopateri
Lopataperi. General characteristics, fossil and modern representatives according to a substantially simplified taxonomy.
III. Pisces-04. Class “Osteichthyes” — Bony fishes
It is time to consider the origin and characteristics of bony fishes.
IV. Amphibia sensu lato-05. Systematics of modern amphibians
List of families of modern amphibians according to international databases
III. Pisces-02. Class Chondrichthyes — Cartilaginous Fishes
Cartilaginous fishes are often called the most ancient of the modern groups of fishes.