Microcaecilia albiceps

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: Siphonopidae
Genus: Microcaecilia
Species: Microcaecilia albiceps

Name

Microcaecilia albiceps (Boulenger, 1882)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.32 (formerly 1880.12.5.147), collected by Buckley.
• Type locality: “Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Dermophis albiceps Boulenger, 1882: 98 [original combination]
• Microcaecilia albiceps — Edward Harrison Taylor, 1968: 532 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1882. Catalogue of the Batrachia Gradientia s. Caudata and Batrachia Apoda in the Collection of the British Museum. Second Edition. Order of the Trustees: London. VIII + 127 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• Castro, F., Rueda-Almonacid, J.V., Bolívar, W., Estupinan, R., Almendáriz, A. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. IUCN: Microcaecilia albiceps  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59570A86148920. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59570A11964765.en. Accessed on 08 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tiny White Caecilian