Skull comparison between Eirenis collaris and Dolichophis jugularis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Iran

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 2، دوره 10، شماره 2، 2014، صفحه 87-100   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v10i2.34202

نویسندگان

Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani^{* 1}؛ Najmeh Sadeghi²؛ Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani³؛ Mahdi Rajabizadeh⁴

¹Department of Animal Science, School of Biology, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran

²Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

³Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

⁴Iranian Plateau Herpetology Research Group (IPHRG), Faculty of Science, Razi University, 6714967346 Kermanshah, Iran

چکیده

Two species of the family Colubridae were compared based on cranial osteology. The specimens were from Kermanshah Province (2010–2012). We compared the skulls of the two species and distinguished their differences. According to our study, eight elements of the skull are clearly different between the two species. We speculate that these differences are related to different diets, prey size, or result from evolutionary processes that adapt these species to special conditions or competition with other sympatric species. Differences and characteristics of the above species help to facilitate their identification and evaluate phylogenetic studies in relation to skull morphology.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Colubridae؛ Eirenis collaris؛ Dolichophis jugularis؛ comparative cranial osteology