Caecilia tentaculata

Caecilia tentaculata

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 tentaculata

Name

• Caecilia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Type locality: "America"
  • Holotype: NHRM, lost

Synonyms

• Caecilia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758
• Caecilia ibiara Daudin, 1803
• Caecilia (Caecilia) tentaculata — Van der Hoeven, 1833
• Caecilia lenticulata Tschudi, 1838
• Amphiumophis andicola Werner, 1901

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 229. Reference page. 
• Van der Hoeven, 1833, Handb. Dierkd., 2: 303.
• 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. Caecilia tentaculata
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Caecilia tentaculata. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Caecilia tentaculata  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 11 August 2008.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wurmwühle
English: Linnaeus' Caecilian