Schistometopum Parker, 1941

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 47

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4. Schistometopum Parker, 1941 .

Type species: Dermophis gregorii Boulenger, 1894 by original designation. Diagnosis: The only dermophiids with eyes not covered with bone, tentacular apertures closer to the eyes than to the nares, and inner mandibular teeth.

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, São Tomé, Tanzania. Content: Two species ( gregorii , thomense ).

References

Boulenger, G. A. (1894) Third report on additions to the batrachian collection in the Natural-History Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894 (4), 640 - 646.

Parker, H. W. (1941) The caecilians of the Seychelles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 11 (7), 1 - 17.