Caecilia mertensi

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 mertensi

• Status:   species inquirenda  

Name

Caecilia mertensi Taylor, 1973: 210

• Holotype: CAS 63983.
• Type locality: “'Seychelle Isle'. It is most probably a specimen from South America”.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1973. A Caecilian Miscellany. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 50(5): 187–231. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Maciel, A.O. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 2011. Taxonomy and distribution of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) of Brazilian Amazonia, with a key to their identification. Zootaxa 2984(1): 1–53. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2984.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. IUCN: Caecilia mertensi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T247635985A201669343. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T247635985A201669343.en. Accessed on 19 June 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Mertens' Caecilian