Caecilia decipiens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Caeciliidae
Genus: Caecilia
Species: Caecilia decipiens

Name

Caecilia decipiens Fernández-Roldán & Lynch, 2025: 153

• Holotype: IAVH 1394 (field number PAB 586), adult ♂, collected by Patricia Burrows on 27 May 1986.
• Type locality: “Reserva La Planada, 7 km south of Chucunés, municipio Ricaurte, Nariño, Colombia, 1°12’37.7’’ N, 77°57’26.2’’ W, 1780 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Fernández-Roldán, J.D. & Lynch, J.D. 2025. Three New Species of Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Colombian Andes, with Comments on the Status of C. subnigricans Dunn, 1942. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 8(3): e984 (148–169). DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.3.984 Reference page.