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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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 ).