Microcaecilia dermatophaga
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Gymnophiona |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Siphonopidae
Genus: Microcaecilia
Species: Microcaecilia dermatophaga
Name
editMicrocaecilia 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
editPrimary references
edit- 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.