Caecilia caribea

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: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Caeciliinae
Genus: Caecilia
Species: Caecilia caribea

Name

Caecilia caribea Dunn, 1942: 509

• Holotype: MCZ A-24520, collected by Nicéforo Maria in 1936.
• Type locality: “Pensilvania [on the Río Samaná Sur, a tributary of the Río Magdalena] (Cauca valley south of Medellin), [Caldas,] Colombia”.

References

Primary references

• Dunn, E.R. 1942. The American Caecilians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 91(6): 437–540. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2019. IUCN: Caecilia caribea  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T59507A49350308. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T59507A49350308.en. Accessed on 15 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Pensilvania Caecilian