Oscaecilia bassleri

Oscaecilia bassleri

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: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Caeciliinae
Genus: Oscaecilia
Species: Oscaecilia bassleri

Name

Oscaecilia bassleri (Dunn, 1942)

• Holotype: MCZ A-19401, collected by C. Spencer in January 1931.
• Type locality: “Pastaza R.,Ecuador (Canelos to Marañón)”.

Combinations

• Caecilia bassleri Dunn, 1942: 518 [original combination]
• Oscaecilia bassleri — Taylor, 1968: 598 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Dunn, E.R. 1942. The American Caecilians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 91(6): 437–540. BHL 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. 2018. IUCN: Oscaecilia bassleri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T59578A89214198. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59578A89214198.en. Accessed on 15 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Pastaza River Caecilian