Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 56

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190102

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scientific name

Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968
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4. Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968 .

Type species: Dermophis albiceps Boulenger, 1882 by original designation.

Diagnosis: The only siphonopids with eyes under bone, tentacular apertures closer to the eyes than the nares, and no distemata between vomerine and palatine teeth.

Distribution: Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.

Content: Seven species ( albiceps , grandis, iyob, rabei , supernumeraria , taylori , unicolor ).

Boulenger, G. A. (1882) Catalogue of the Batrachia Gradientia s. Caudata and Batrachia Apoda in the Collection of the British Museum (2 nd Ed.), Taylor and Francis, London.

Taylor, E. H. (1968) The caecilians of the World. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Genus

Dermophis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Genus

Dermophis