Schistometopum thomense

Schistometopum thomense

Taxonavigation edit

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: Schistometopum
Species: Schistometopum thomense

Name edit

Schistometopum thomense (Bocage, 1873)

  • Syntypes: MB (2 specimens) and ZMB 8738.
  • Type locality: “l'Ile Saint Thomé (cotê occidentale d'Afrique)”.

Combinations edit

  • Siphonops thomensis Bocage, 1873: 224 [original combination]
  • Dermophis thomensisPeters, 1880: 938 [subsequent combination]
  • Schistometopum thomenseParker, 1941: 17 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms edit

  • Siphonops brevirostris Peters, 1874: 617
    • Holotype: ZMB 4911.
    • Type locality: “Westküste Africas (Guinea)”, restricted to “Rolas Island”, São Tomé and Príncipe, by Gorham (1962: 16).
  • Schistometopum ephele Taylor, 1965: 295
    • Holotype: MSNG 8773.
    • Type locality: “Agua Ize (400-700 M.), Ilha São Thomé, Gulf of Guinea”.

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Vernacular names edit

English: São Tomé Caecilian
polski: Gruboskórzec wyspowy
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