Microcaecilia dermatophaga

Microcaecilia dermatophaga holotype

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Siphonopidae
Genus: Microcaecilia
Species: Microcaecilia dermatophaga

Name

Microcaecilia dermatophaga Wilkinson, Sherratt, Starace & Gower, 2013: 2

• Holotype: BMNH 2008.715, mature ♂, collected by Emma Sherratt, David J. Gower and Mark Wilkinson between 10-11 May 2008 or 24-25 April 2010 and maintained alive in captivity until July 2012.
• Type locality: “dug from soil in forest close to Angoulême (5°24′28″ N, 53°39′12″ W, 55 m asl), just over 40 km East of St Laurent, French Guiana ... The type locality ... is a forested area in the catchment of small streams feeding the Mana river”.

References

Primary references

• 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.