Microcaecilia

Microcaecilia dermatophaga

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: Siphonopidae
Genus: Microcaecilia
Species (16): M. albiceps – M. butantan – M. dermatophaga – M. grandis – M. iwokramae – M. iyob – M. marvaleewakeae – M. nicefori – M. pricei – M. rabei – M. rochai – M. savagei – M. supernumeraria – M. taylori – M. trombetas – M. unicolor

Name

Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968: 532

• Type species: Dermophis albiceps Boulenger, 1882, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Parvicaecilia Taylor, 1968: 546 [synonymised by Wilkinson, O'Connor & Nussbaum (2013: 7)]
  • Type species: Gymnophis nicefori Barbour, 1925, by original designation.

• Caecilita Wake & Donnelly, 2010: 915 [synonymised by Wilkinson, Kok, Ahmed & Gower (2014: 383)]
  • Type species: Caecilita iwokramae Wake & Donnelly, 2010, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 
• Wake, M.H. & Donnelly, M.A. 2010. A new lungless caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Guyana. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1683): 915–922. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1662 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wilkinson, M., Nussbaum, R.A. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 2009. A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Suriname. Herpetologica 65(4): 413–418. DOI: 10.1655/08-030.1 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, M. & Kok, P.J.R. 2010. A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Guyana. Zootaxa 2719(1): 35–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2719.1.3 Reference page. 
• Maciel, A.O. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 2011. Taxonomy and distribution of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) of Brazilian Amazonia, with a key to their identification. Zootaxa 2984(1): 1–53. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2984.1.1 Reference page. 
• Maciel, A.O. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 2011. Notes on the vertebrates of northern Pará, Brazil: a forgotten part of the Guianan region, III. A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais 6(1): 67–72. PDF Reference page. 
• Donnelly, M.A. & Wake, M.H. 2013. A new Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Guyana with comments on Epicrionops niger. Copeia 2013(2): 223–231. DOI: 10.1643/CH-12-094 Reference page. 
• Maciel, A.O. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 2013. A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) from the Guianan region of Brazil. Zootaxa 3693(3): 387–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.3.9 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, M., O’Connor, A. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2013. Taxonomic status of the Neotropical caecilian genera Brasilotyphlus Taylor, 1968, Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968 and Parvicaecilia Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 744: 1–12. hdl: 2027.42/122718 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., Starace, F. & Gower, D.J. 2013. A New Species of Skin-Feeding Caecilian and the First Report of Reproductive Mode in Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae). PLoS ONE 8(3): e57756. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057756 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, M., Kok, P.J.R., Ahmed, F. & Gower, D.J. 2014. Caecilita Wake & Donnelly, 2010 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) is not lungless: implications for taxonomy and for understanding the evolution of lunglessness. Zootaxa 3779(3): 383–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.6 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, M., Antoniazzi, M.M. & Jared, C. 2015. A new species of Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) from Amazonian Brazil. Zootaxa 3905(3): 425–431. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.8 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tiny Caecilians

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