Boulengerula

Boulengerula taitanus

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Herpelidae
Genus: Boulengerula
Species: B. boulengeri – B. changamwensis – B. denhardti – B. fischeri – B. niedeni – B. spawlsi – B. taitanus – B. uluguruensis

Name

Boulengerula Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991

Type species: Boulengerula boulengeri Tornier, 1896

Synonyms

• Boulengerula Tornier, 1896
• Afrocaecilia Taylor, 1968

References

• Loader, S.P. et al. 2011: Molecular phylogenetics of Boulengerula (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) and implications for taxonomy, biogeography and conservation. Herpetological journal, 21(1): 5–16. abstract only seen
• Tornier, 1896, in Möbius (ed.), Deutsch Ost-Afr., 3: 164.
• Wilkinson, M., Malonza, P.K., Campbell, P.D. & Loader, S.P. 2017. A new species of Boulengerula Tornier, 1896 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Herpelidae) from Kenya and the “rediscovery” of Boulengerula denhardti. Zootaxa 4286(4): 525–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Boulengerula access date 11 August 2008

Vernacular names

English: Boulenger's Caecilians

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