Caeciliidae
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Afrocaecilia |
Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in central and south America, equatorial Africa and India.
Taxonomy
- Genus Atretochoana
- Atretochoana eiselti
- Genus Boulengerula
- Boulengerula boulengeri
- Boulengerula changamwensis
- Boulengerula fischeri
- Boulengerula taitana
- Boulengerula uluguruensis
- Genus Brasilotyphlus
- Brasilotyphlus braziliensis
- Genus Caecilia
- Caecilia abitaguae
- Caecilia albiventris
- Caecilia antioquiaensis
- Caecilia armata
- Caecilia attenuata
- Caecilia bokermanni
- Caecilia caribea
- Caecilia corpulenta
- Caecilia crassisquama
- Caecilia degenerata
- Caecilia disossea
- Caecilia dunni
- Caecilia flavopunctata
- Caecilia gracilis
- Caecilia guntheri
- Caecilia inca
- Caecilia isthmica
- Caecilia leucocephala
- Caecilia marcusi
- Caecilia mertensi
- Caecilia nigricans
- Caecilia occidentalis
- Caecilia orientalis
- Caecilia pachynema
- Caecilia perdita
- Caecilia pressula
- Caecilia subdermalis
- Caecilia subnigricans
- Caecilia subterminalis
- Caecilia tentaculata
- Caecilia tenuissima
- Caecilia thompsoni
- Caecilia volcani
- Genus Chthonerpeton
- Chthonerpeton arii
- Chthonerpeton braestrupi
- Chthonerpeton exile
- Chthonerpeton indistinctum
- Chthonerpeton noctinectes
- Chthonerpeton onorei
- Chthonerpeton perissodus
- Chthonerpeton viviparum
- Genus Dermophis
- Dermophis costaricense
- Dermophis glandulosus
- Dermophis gracilior
- Dermophis mexicanus
- Dermophis oaxacae
- Dermophis occidentalis
- Dermophis parviceps
- Genus Gegeneophis
- Gegeneophis carnosus
- Gegeneophis danieli
- Gegeneophis fulleri
- Gegeneophis ramaswamii
- Gegeneophis seshachari
- Genus Gegenophis
- Gegenophis krishni
- Genus Geotrypetes
- Geotrypetes angeli
- Geotrypetes pseudoangeli
- Geotrypetes seraphini
- Genus Grandisonia
- Grandisonia alternans
- Grandisonia brevis
- Grandisonia diminutiva
- Grandisonia larvata
- Grandisonia sechellensis
- Genus Gymnopis
- Gymnopis multiplicata
- Gymnopis syntremus
- Genus Herpele
- Herpele multiplicata
- Herpele squalostoma
- Genus Hypogeophis
- Hypogeophis rostratus
- Genus Idiocranium
- Idiocranium russeli
- Genus Indotyphlus
- Indotyphlus battersbyi
- Genus Luetkenotyphlus
- Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis
- Genus Microcaecilia
- Microcaecilia albiceps
- Microcaecilia rabei
- Microcaecilia supernumeraria
- Microcaecilia taylori
- Microcaecilia unicolor
- Genus Mimosiphonops
- Mimosiphonops reinhardti
- Mimosiphonops vermiculatus
- Genus Nectocaecilia
- Nectocaecilia petersii
- Genus Oscaecilia
- Oscaecilia bassleri
- Oscaecilia elongata
- Oscaecilia equatorialis
- Oscaecilia hypereumeces
- Oscaecilia koepckeorum
- Oscaecilia ochrocephala
- Oscaecilia osae
- Oscaecilia polyzona
- Oscaecilia zweifeli
- Genus Parvicaecilia
- Parvicaecilia nicefori
- Parvicaecilia pricei
- Genus Potomotyphlus
- Potomotyphlus kaupii
- Genus Praslinia
- Praslinia cooperi
- Genus Schistometopum
- Schistometopum garzonheydti
- Schistometopum gregorii
- Schistometopum thomense
- Genus Siphonops
- Siphonops annulatus
- Siphonops hardyi
- Siphonops insulanus
- Siphonops leucoderus
- Siphonops paulensis
- Genus Sylvacaecilia
- Sylvacaecilia grandisonae
- Genus Typhlonectes
- Typhlonectes compressicauda
- Typhlonectes cunhai
- Typhlonectes natans
References
- Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians." Herpetological Monographs, (3), 1–42
- Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004
Categories: Caecilians