Comparative cranial osteology of Blanus (Squamata: Amphisbaenia)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F19%3A00111283" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/19:00111283 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/185/3/693/5248546?redirectedFrom=fulltext" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/185/3/693/5248546?redirectedFrom=fulltext</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly082" target="_blank" >10.1093/zoolinnean/zly082</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Comparative cranial osteology of Blanus (Squamata: Amphisbaenia)
Original language description
Worm lizards, or amphisbaenians, of the genus Blanus are found in various countries around the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to four extinct species, seven extant taxa are currently recognized. Here, we present the first comparative analysis of the cranial osteology of Blanus including all extant species. The results of this analysis show a homogeneous morphology among skull bones, with few morphological features that can be used to discriminate among different Blanus species. No clear osteological diagnostic features can be identified for any single species. The most taxonomically significant bones are the premaxilla and the quadrate. In particular, the premaxillae can be used to discriminate perfectly between the two molecular-based clades into which extant blanids are currently separated. Despite the relatively similar skull morphology, detailed comparative osteological studies such as this one are useful to evaluate the phylogenetic affinities of extant and extinct taxa. The extinct Blanus mendezi, for example, recalls the western Blanus species in the morphology of the premaxilla and some of the eastern ones in the morphology of the quadrate. The inclusion of these features in future phylogenetic analyses will be of utmost importance to clarify the affinities of this and other Blanus species, both extinct and extant.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
ISSN
0024-4082
e-ISSN
1096-3642
Volume of the periodical
185
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
693-716
UT code for WoS article
000462613400005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85062511482