Caecilia (genus)
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Caecilia is a genus of amphibians from the order of the sneak amphibian (Gymnophiona).
description
Within the Caeciliidae family, the eyes are not covered by bones only in the species of the genus Caecilia . There is no temple suture .
Occurrence
The genus occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Systematics
The genus Caecilia was first described by Carl von Linné in 1758 . It includes 34 species:
- Caecilia abitaguae Dunn, 1942
- Caecilia albiventris Daudin, 1803
- Caecilia antioquiaensis Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia armata Dunn, 1942
- Caecilia attenuata Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia bokermanni Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia caribea Dunn, 1942
- Caecilia corpulenta Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia crassisquama Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia degenerata Dunn, 1942
- Caecilia disossea Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia dunni Hershkovitz, 1938
- Caecilia flavopunctata Roze and Solano, 1963
- Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802
- Caecilia guntheri Dunn, 1942
- Caecilia inca Taylor, 1973
- Caecilia isthmica Cope, 1877
- Caecilia leucocephala Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia marcusi Wake, 1985
- Caecilia mertensi Taylor, 1973
- Caecilia museugoeldi Maciel & Hoogmoed, 2018
- Caecilia nigricans Boulenger, 1902
- Caecilia occidentalis Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia orientalis Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia pachynema Günther, 1859
- Caecilia perdita Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia pressula Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia subdermalis Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia subnigricans Dunn, 1942
- Caecilia subterminalis Taylor, 1968
- Caecilia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758
- Caecilia tenuissima Taylor, 1973
- Caecilia thompsoni Boulenger, 1902
- Caecilia volcani Taylor, 1969
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wilkinson, M., and RA Nussbaum. 2006. Caecilian phylogeny and classification. Exbrayat, J.-M. ed., Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Gymnophiona: (caecilians). Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny, Volume 5: 39-78. Enfield, Jersey, and Plymouth, Science Publisher.
- ^ Darrel R. Frost: Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0 (accessed April 12, 2014). ( online ).
- ^ Adriano Oliveira Maciel and Marinus Steven Hoogmoed. 2018. A New Species of Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from French Guiana . Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi. Cienc. Nat., Belém. 13 (1); 13-18.
Web links
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