Sylvacaecilia grandisonae

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: Grandisoniidae
Genus: Sylvacaecilia
Species: Sylvacaecilia grandisonae

Name

Sylvacaecilia grandisonae (Taylor, 1970)

Type locality: "Aleku, 12 km N Dembidollo, [Welega Province,] Ethiopia, elev. 1846 m elev." (34° 37´ E; 8° 39´ N).

Holotype: BM 1969.1589.

Synonyms

• Geotrypetes grandisonae Taylor, 1970
• Sylvacaecilia grandisonae — Wake, 1987

References

• Taylor, 1970, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 48: 849.
• Wake, 1987, J. Herpetol., 21: 6.
• 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. Sylvacaecilia grandisonae
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Sylvacaecilia grandisonae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Sylvacaecilia grandisonae  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 13 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Aleku Caecilian