References

Introduction

Lampreys

Chondrichthyes

Bonfil R, Meyer M, Scholl MC, Johnson R, O'Brien S, et al. Transoceanic migration, spatial dynamics, and population linkages of white sharks. Science. 2005;310:100–103.

Camhi, M., Fowler, S.L., Musick, J.A., Bräutigam, A. and Fordham, S.V. (1998) Sharks and their Relatives – Ecology and Conservation. IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 39 pp.

Fowler, S.L., Cavanagh, R.D., Camhi, M., Burgess, G.H., Cailliet, G.M., Fordham, S.V., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Musick, J.A. (comp. and ed.). 2005. Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes. Status Survey. IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 461 pp.

Gene S. Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey, Brian W. Bowen, (2009) The diversity of fishes: biology, evolution, and ecology. Blackwell, 2009, pp 205-214.

IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 September 2010.

Ray-finned Fishes

Lobe-finned Fishes

Bone, Q., Moore, R., (2008) The Biology of Fishes. Taylor and Francis Group.pp25-33

Gene S. Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey, Brian W. Bowen, (2009) The diversity of fishes: biology, evolution, and ecology. Blackwell, 2009, p 348.

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Takezaki, N., F. Figueroa, Z. Zaleska-Rutczynska, N. Takahata, and J. Klein. 2004. The phylogenetic relationship of tetrapod, coelacanth, and lungfish revealed by the sequences of forty four nuclear genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 21:1512–1524.

Amphibians

Caecilians

Salamanders

Frogs and Toads

Turtles

Bonin, F, Devaux B, Alain Dupre. 2006 Turtles of the World.The John Hopkins University Press.

Buhlmann, K. A., T. S. B. Akre, J. B. Iverson, D. Karapatakis, R. A. Mittermeier, A. Georges, A. G. J. Rhodin, P. P. van Dijk, and J. W. Gibbons. 2009. A global analysis of tortoise and freshwater turtle distributions with identification of priority conservation areas. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8:116–149.

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Pough, F, Janis, C, Heiser, J., 2009, Vertebrate Life, 8th ed. Pearson International.

Sherrill-Mix, S. A., James, M. C., and Myers, R. A. (2008). Migration cues and timing in leatherback sea turtles. Behav. Ecol. 19, 231–236.

Rhynchocephalians

Squamata

Dibamidae

Gekkota

Scincomorpha

Amphisbaenia

Anguimorpha

Iguania

Serpentes (snakes)

Crocodilians

Birds

Synapsids

Monotremes

Marsupials

Aplin KP, Archer M (1987) Recent advances in marsupial systematics with a new syncretic classification. In: Archer M (ed) Possums and opossums: studies in evolution. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales, pp xv–xxii

Mooney, N. and Rounsevell, D. E. 2008. Thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus. In: S. Van Dyck and R. Strahan (eds), The mammals of Australia. Third Edition, pp. 167-168. Reed New Holland, Sydney, Australia.

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