Caecilia tenuissima

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 tenuissima

Name

Caecilia tenuissima Taylor, 1973

Type locality: "Guayaquil, [Guayas,] Ecuador".

Holotype: USNM 12353.

References

• Taylor, 1973, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 50: 219.
• 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 tenuissima
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Caecilia tenuissima. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Caecilia tenuissima  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 11 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Guayaquil Caecilian