Hypogeophis pti

Hypogeophis pti

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 pti

Name

• Hypogeophis pti Maddock, Wilinson, Nussbaum & Gower, 2017: 313

Holotype: BMNH 2005.1825, adult ♀, collected by S.T. Maddock on 4 February 2014.

Type locality: “Fond Peper region of Praslin National Park, Praslin island, Seychelles (04°20’04.9”S, 055°44’24.9” E, ca. 178 m/asl).”

References

Primary references

• Maddock, S.T., Wilkinson, M., Nussbaum, R.A. & Gower, D.J. 2017. A new species of small and highly abbreviated caecilian (Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the Seychelles island of Praslin, and a recharacterization of Hypogeophis brevis Boulenger, 1911. Zootaxa 4329(4): 301–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.4.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Petite Praslin Caecilian