Grandisonia alternans

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: Grandisoniidae
Genus: Grandisonia
Species: Grandisonia alternans

Name

Grandisonia alternans (Stejneger, 1893)

Type locality: "Mahé, Seychelles".

Holotype: USNM 20418.

Synonyms

• Hypogeophis alternans Stejneger, 1893
• Grandisonia alternans — Taylor, 1968

References

• Stejneger, 1893, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 16: 739.
• Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 750.
• 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. Grandisonia alternans
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Grandisonia alternans. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Grandisonia alternans  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 12 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Stejneger's Caecilian