Table 2 List of species used in this study
From: A general scenario of Hoxgene inventory variation among major sarcopterygian lineages
Taxonomy | Scientific name | Common name | Collection locality (or specimen voucher No.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Species used for PCR survey | ||||
Sarcopterygii | Dipnoi | Protopterus annectens | African lungfish | Pet trade |
Amphibia | Gymnophiona | Ichthyophis bannanicus* | Banna caecilian | Beiliu, Guangxi, China |
| Â | Caudata | Batrachuperus tibetanus | Tibetan mountain salamander | Qingchuan, Sichuan, China |
Reptilia | Serpentes | Naja atra* | Chinese cobra | Shaoguan, Guangdong, China |
| Â | Testudines | Pelodiscus sinensis | Chinese softshell turtle | Shaoguan, Guangdong, China |
| Â | Crocodylia | Crocodylus siamensis | Siamese crocodile | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
Species used for Hox gene member validation | ||||
Gymnophiona | Caeciliidae | Gymnopis multiplicata* | Purple caecilian | MVZ Herps 228795 |
| Â | Typhlonectidae | Typhlonectes natans* | Rubber eel | MVZ Herps 179733 |
Caudata | Salamandridae | Pachytriton brevipes | Chinese fat newt | Anji, Zhejiang, China |
| Â | Hynobiidae | Batrachuperus yenyuanensis | Yenyuan stream salamander | Xichang, Sichuan, China |
Serpentes | Pythonidae | Python regius* | Ball python | Personal captivity |
| Â | Leptotyphlopidae | Leptotyphlops blanfordii* | Blind snake | MVZ Herps 236621 |
Squamata | Dibamidae | Dibamus bourreti* | Bourret's blind skink | Hongkong, China |
| Â | Gekkonidae | Hemidactylus bowringii | House Gecko | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Â | Anguidae | Ophisaurus harti* | Hart's glass lizard | Pet trade |
| Â | Scincidae | Typhlosaurus sp. * | Legless skink | MVZ Herps 164850 |
| Â | Blanidae | Blanus strauchi* | Anatolian worm lizard | MVZ Herps 230227 |
| Â | Amphisbaenidae | Amphisbaena caeca* | Puerto Rican worm lizard | MVZ Herps 232753 |
| Â | Anniellidae | Anniella pulchra* | California legless lizard | MVZ Herps 230670 |
| Â | Bipedidae | Bipes biporus | Baja worm lizard | MVZ Herps 236257 |
Testudines | Podocnemididae | Podocnemis unifilis | Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle | Pet trade |
| Â | Carettochelyidae | Carettochelys insculpta | Pig-nosed turtle | Pet trade |
| Â | Emydidae | Chrysemys picta | Painted turtle | MVZ Herps 241506 |
| Â | Â | Trachemys scripta | Red-eared slider turtle | Commercial food source |
Crocodylia | Alligatoridae | Alligator sinensis | Chinese alligator | Alligator Research Center, Xuanzhou, Anhui, China |
Aves | Paleognathae | Struthio camelus | Ostrich | Commercial food source |
| Â | Galliformes | Gallus gallus domesticus | Chicken | Commercial food source |
| Â | Anseriformes | Anas platyrhynchos var. domestica | Domestic duck | Commercial food source |