Introduction

Lampreys

Chondrichthyes

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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.

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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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Amphibians

Caecilians

Salamanders

Frogs and Toads

Turtles

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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

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