Herpele squalostoma

Herpele squalostoma

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: Herpelidae
Genus: Herpele
Species: Herpele squalostoma

Name

Herpele squalostoma (Stutchbury, 1836)

Type locality: "Gaboon, Africa".

Holotype: Not known to exist.

Synonyms

• Caecilia squalostoma Stutchbury, 1836
• Herpele squalostoma — Peters, 1880

References

• Stutchbury, 1836, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 17: 362.
• Peters, 1880, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 939.
• 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. Herpele squalostoma
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Herpele squalostoma. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Herpele squalostoma  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 12 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Congo Caecilian