Caecilia nigricans

Caecilia nigricans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Caeciliinae
Genus: Caecilia
Species: Caecilia nigricans

Name

Caecilia nigricans Boulenger, 1902

Type locality: "the Rio Lita, 3000 feet", northwestern Ecuador.

Holotype: BM 1946.9.5.52.

Synonyms

• Caecilia nigricans Boulenger, 1902
• Caecilia intermedia Boulenger, 1913
• Caecilia palmeri Boulenger, 1913

References

• Boulenger, 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 9: 51.
• Boulenger, 1913, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1913.
• 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. Caecilia nigricans
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Caecilia nigricans. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Caecilia nigricans  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 11 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Rio Lita Caecilian