Dermophis parviceps

Dermophis parviceps

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: Dermophis
Species: Dermophis parviceps

Name

Dermophis parviceps (Dunn, 1924)

Type locality: "La Loma, on trail from Chiriquí Grande to Boquete, altitude about 2000 feet, Province of Bocas del Toro, Panamá".

Holotype: MCZ 9407.

Synonyms

• Siphonops parviceps Dunn, 1924
• Gymnopis parviceps — Dunn, 1942
• Dermophis parviceps — Taylor, 1955

References

• Dunn, 1924, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 93.
• Taylor, 1955, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37: 502.
• 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. Dermophis parviceps
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Dermophis parviceps. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Dermophis parviceps  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 11 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: La Loma Caecilian