Sylvacaecilia Wake , 1987

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 53

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190086

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scientific name

Sylvacaecilia Wake , 1987
status

 

7. Sylvacaecilia Wake, 1987

Type species: Geotrypetes grandisonae Taylor, 1970 by original designation and monotypy. Diagnosis: The only indotyphlids with eyes and tentacular grooves not covered by bone, tentacular apertures not adjacent to or above the level of the eyes, and olfactory chambers lacking bony eminentia olfactoria. Distribution: Ethiopia.

Content: One species ( grandisonae ).

Taylor, E. H. (1970) A new caecilian from Ethiopia. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 48, 849 - 854.

Wake, M. H. (1987) A new genus of African caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Journal of Herpetology, 21, 6 - 15.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Genus

Sylvacaecilia