Microcaecilia butantan

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: Microcaecilia butantan

Name

Microcaecilia butantan Wilkinson, Antoniazzi & Jared, 2015: 426

• Holotype: MZUSP, 143389, mature ♀, collected by Carlos Jared and Marta Maria Antoniazzi in October 2010, maintained in captivity until fixed in December 2010.
• Type locality: “dug from soil in a cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum) plantation within APA (Área de Proteção Ambiental) Aramanaí [237′7.96″ S, 5457′44.16″ W, 152m asl], municipality of Belterra, Pará”, Brazil.

References

Primary references

• 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.