Herpele Peters, 1879

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 48

2. Herpele Peters, 1879

Type species: Caecilia squalostoma Stutchbury, 1834 ( Fig. 4 ) by original monotypy. Diagnosis: The only herpelids with separate nasals and premaxillae. Distribution: Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria.

Content: Two species ( multiplicata , squalostoma ).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Volume reconstruction of HRXCT data showing skull of Herpele squalostoma (MW 4532). Views as in Fig. 2. Scale bar = 1 mm. Scan parameters: a molybdenum target set at 100 kV and 155 μA; scan data were collected at 2.8 frames per second over 3142 projections in 360 ˚; reconstructed voxel size of 11 μm. Abbreviations as in Appendix