Grandisonia 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 : 52

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2. Grandisonia Taylor, 1968

Type species: Hypogeophis alternans Stejneger, 1893 by original designation. Diagnosis: The only indotyphlids with eyes and tentacular grooves not covered by bone, tentacular apertures not adjacent to or above level of eyes, and olfactory chambers partially divided by bony eminentia olfactoria. Distribution: Seychelles.

Content: Three species ( alternans , larvata , sechellensis ).

References

Stejneger, L. (1893) On some collections of reptiles and batrachians from East Africa and the adjacent islands, recently received from Dr. W. L. Abbott and Mr. William Astor Chanler, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16, 711 - 741.

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