Mimosiphonops 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 : 56-57

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.200863

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scientific name

Mimosiphonops Taylor, 1968
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5. Mimosiphonops Taylor, 1968

Type species: Mimosiphonops vermiculatus Taylor, 1968 by original designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis: The only siphonopids with the tentacular apertures closer to the nares than to the eyes.

Distribution: Brazil.

Content: Two species ( reinhardti , vermiculatus ).

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Genus

Mimosiphonops