Siphonopidae

Microcaecilia dermatophaga

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
Genera (5): Brasilotyphlus – Luetkenotyphlus – Microcaecilia – Mimosiphonops – Siphonops

Name

Siphonopidae Bonaparte, 1850: 1

• Type genus: Siphonops Wagler, 1828.

Synonymy

• Siphonopina Bonaparte, 1850: 1 [original spelling]

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus systematum Herpetologiae et Amphibiologiae. Editio altera reformata. E. J. Brill: Lugduni Batavorum. 1 p. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wilkinson, M., San Mauro, D., Sherratt, E. & Gower, D.J. 2011. A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zootaxa 2874(1): 41–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2874.1.3 Reference page. 
• Maciel, A.O., Castro, T.M., Sturaro, M.J., Silva, I.E.C., Ferreira, J.G., Santos, R., Risse-Quaioto, B., Barboza, B.A., Oliveira, J.C.F., Sampaio, I. & Schneider, H. 2019. Phylogenetic systematics of the Neotropical caecilian amphibian Luetkenotyphlus (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) including the description of a new species from the vulnerable Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zoologischer Anzeiger 281: 76–83. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2019.07.001 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Siphonopidae. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (28 July 2021). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001