Hypogeophis montanus

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: Hypogeophis
Species: Hypogeophis montanus

Name

• Hypogeophis montanus Maddock, Wilkinson & Gower, 2018: 361

Holotype: BMNH 2005.1824, adult ♂, collected by D.J. Gower, R.G. Kamei, S.T. Maddock and M. Wilkinson on 20 March 2015.

Type locality: “Congo Rouge, Mahé island, Seychelles (04°38’43.6” S, 55°26’03.3” E, ca. 718 m/asl)”.

References

Primary references

• Maddock, S.T., Wilkinson, M. & Gower, D.J. 2018. A new species of small, long-snouted Hypogeophis Peters, 1880 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the highest elevations of the Seychelles island of Mahé. Zootaxa 4450(3): 359–375. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Montane Mahé Caecilian