Boulengerula niedeni

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: Herpelidae
Genus: Boulengerula
Species: Boulengerula niedeni

Name

Boulengerula niedeni Müller, Measey, Loader & Malonza, 2005

Type locality: "approximately 100 m behind the matatu (bus) terminus at Mwalangi shopping centre, Sagalla Hills, Taita-Taveta District, Kenya... dug up from underneath a banana plant on a local shambe (small agricultural holding) at approximately 1080 m above sea leve (S03° 30.76´, E38° 34.59´)".

Holotype: NMK A/4294.

References

Müller, Measey, Loader & Malonza, 2005, Zootaxa, 1004: 39.
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 niedeni
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Boulengerula niedeni. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Boulengerula niedeni (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 11 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Nieden's Caecilian