Boulengerula taitanus

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 Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Herpelidae
Genus: Boulengerula
Species: Boulengerula taitanus

Name

Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935

Type locality: "absolute summit, 4800 ft., of Mt. Mbololo, Taita Mountains, Coast Province, Kenya Colony [= Kenya]".

Holotype: MCZ 20001.

Synonyms

• Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935
• Afrocaecilia taitana — Taylor, 1968
• Boulengerula taitanus — Nussbaum & Hinkel, 1994

References

• Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 79: 16.
• Nussbaum and Hinkel, 1994, Copeia, 1994: 754.
• 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. Boulengerula taitanus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Boulengerula taitanus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Boulengerula taitanus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 11 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Taita Mountains Caecilian

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