Oscaecilia 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 : 46

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190052

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scientific name

Oscaecilia Taylor, 1968
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Type species: Caecilia ochrocephala Cope, 1866 by original designation. Diagnosis: The only caeciliids with the eyes covered by bone.

Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru. Content: Nine species ( bassleri , elongata , equatorialis , hypereumeces , koepckeorum , ochrocephala , osae , polyzona , zwiefeli).

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

Oscaecilia