Microcaecilia rabei

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 rabei

Name

Microcaecilia rabei (Roze & Solano, 1963)

• Holotype: MBUCV 5126.
• Type locality: “Al pie del Cerro Lema, Río Chicanán, Bolivar, Venezuela”.

Combinations

• Gymnopis rabei Roze & Solano, 1963: 290 [original combination]
• Microcaecilia rabei — Taylor, 1968: 532 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Roze, J.A. & Solano, H. 1963. Resumen de la familia Caecilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) de Venezuela. Acta Biológica Venezuelica 3: 287–300. Reference page. 
• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Microcaecilia rabei  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59571A109541843. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59571A109541843.en. Accessed on 08 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tiny Venezuelan Caecilian