Scolecomorphus Boulenger, 1883b

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 55

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2. Scolecomorphus Boulenger, 1883b

Type species: Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger, 1883b ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ) by original monotypy. Diagnosis: The only zygokrotaphic scolecomorphids.

Distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania.

Content: Three species ( kirkii , uluguruensis , vittatus ).

References

Boulenger, G. A. (1883 b) Description of the new genus of Coeciliae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5 (11), 48.

FIGURE 8. Volume reconstructions of HRXCT data showing cranium of holotype of Scolecomorphus kirkii (BMNH 1946.9.5.58) in dorsal, palatal and lateral view and mandible of Scolecomorphus cf. kirkii (BMNH 2005.1388) in lateral and dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. Scan parameters: a molybdenum target set at 120 kV and 100 μA; scan data were collected at 1.4 frames per second over 3142 projections in 360 ˚; reconstructed voxel size of 8 and 9 μm respectively. Abbreviations as in Appendix.