Potomotyphlus kaupii

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: Typhlonectinae
Genus: Potomotyphlus
Species: Potomotyphlus kaupii

Name

Potomotyphlus kaupii (Berthold, 1859)

Type locality: "Angostura", Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.

Holotype: ZFMK 27684.

Synonyms

• Caecilia kaupii Berthold, 1859
• Caecilia dorsalis Peters, 1877
• Typhlonectes dorsalis — Peters, 1880
• Thyphlonectes dorsalis — Fuhrmann, 1914
• Chthonerpeton microcephalum Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937
• Typhlonectus kaupii — Ginés, 1959
• Potomotyphlus melanochrus Taylor, 1968
• Potomotyphlus kaupii — Taylor, 1968

References

• Berthold, 1859, Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 1859: 181.
• Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 257.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Potomotyphlus kaupii
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Potomotyphlus kaupii. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Potomotyphlus kaupii  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 13 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Kaup's Caecilian