Boulengerula fischeri

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

Boulengerula fischeri Nussbaum & Hinkel, 1994: 756.

Type locality: "Forêt de Cyamudongo near Forêt de Nyungwe, 17002000 m, Cyangugu Prefecture, Rwanda".

Holotype: UMMZ 196240.

Nussbaum, R.A. & Hinkel, H. 1994. Revision of East African Caecilians of the Genera Afrocaecilia Taylor and Boulengerula Tornier (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae). Copeia 1994(3): 750–760. DOI: 10.2307/1447192 Reference page.
Gower, D.J. et al. 2011: The systematics of Boulengerula fischeri (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa, 2767: 14–24. Preview
Measey, G.J. et al. 2011: Rediscovery of Boulengerula fischeri, with notes on its morphology and habitat. African journal of herpetology, 60(1): 47–59. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2011.564659

Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Boulengerula fischeri
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Boulengerula fischeri. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Boulengerula fischeri (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 11 August 2008.

English: Fischer's African Caecilian