Caecilia dunni

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 dunni

Name

Caecilia dunni Hershkovitz, 1938: 2

• Holotype: UMMZ 82901, collected by P. Hershkovitz in December 1935.
• Type locality: “near Tena, province of Napo-Pastaza (Oriente), at an altitude of about 1700 feet”.

References

Primary references

• Hershkovitz, P. 1938. A new caecilian from Ecuador. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 370: 1–3. hdl: 2027.42/56809 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2019. IUCN: Caecilia dunni  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T59512A98408180. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T59512A98408180.en. Accessed on 06 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Dunn's Caecilian