Geotrypetes Peters, 1880

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 46

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Geotrypetes Peters, 1880
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2. Geotrypetes Peters, 1880

Type species: Caecilia seraphini Duméril, 1859 by original monotypy.

Diagnosis: The only dermophiids with the tentacle far forward, below the nostril.

Distribution: Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Content: Three species ( angeli , pseudoangeli , seraphini ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Genus

Geotrypetes

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