Boulengerula Tornier, 1896

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 48

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190062

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scientific name

Boulengerula Tornier, 1896
status

 

1. Boulengerula Tornier, 1896

Type species: Boulengerula boulengeri Tornier, 1896 by original monotypy.

Diagnosis: The only herpelids with fused nasopremaxillae (lacking separate nasals and premaxillae). Distribution: Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania.

Content: Seven species ( boulengeri , changamwensis , denhardti , fischeri , niedeni , taitanus, uluguruensis ).

Tornier, G. (1896) (1897) Die Kriechtiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. Beitrage zur Systematik und Descendenzlehre, Reimer, Berlin.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

Genus

Boulengerula