Amazops amazops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Rhinatrematidae
Genus: Amazops
Species: Amazops amazops

Name

Amazops amazops Wilkinson, Reynolds & Jacobs, 2021: 28

• Holotype: USNM 320729, ♀, collected by Jeremy F. Jacobs and Robert P. Reynolds on 16 August 1990.
• Type locality: “Finca Virgen La Dolores, at km 57 sign on Hollin-Loreto Road (E20), Orellana, Ecuador, c. 0 degrees 43'50" South and 77 degrees 30'25" West, and c. 1000m above sea level”.

References

Primary references

• Wilkinson, M., Reynolds, R.P. & Jacobs, J.F. 2021. A new genus and species of rhinatrematid caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Ecuador. Herpetological Journal 31: 27–34. DOI: 10.33256/31.1.2734 Reference page.