Potomotyphlus 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 : 58

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4. Potomotyphlus Taylor, 1968

Type species: Caecilia kaupii Berthold, 1859 by original designation. Diagnosis: The only typhlonectids with an anteriorly expanded anal (cloacal) disc. Distribution: Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela. Content: One species ( kaupii ).

References

Berthold, A. A. (1859) Einige neue Reptilien des Akademie Zoologisches Museums zu Gottingen. Nachricten von der Gesellschaften der Wissenschaftlicen zu Gottingen, 1859 (1 - 20), 179 - 181.

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Amphibia
Order	Gymnophiona
Family	Caeciliidae
Genus	Potomotyphlus

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