Hypogeophis 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 : 52

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.200863

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190076

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scientific name

Hypogeophis Peters, 1879
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3. Hypogeophis Peters, 1879

Type species: Coecilia rostrata Cuvier, 1829 by subsequent designation of Parker (1958).

Diagnosis: The only indotyphlids with eyes not covered by bone, tentacular grooves covered by bone, and mesethmoid not massively exposed between frontals.

Distribution: Seychelles.

Content: Two species ( brevis , rostratus ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Indotyphlidae

Genus

Coecilia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Genus

Hypogeophis

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