Caecilia tenuissima

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 tenuissima

Name

Caecilia tenuissima Taylor, 1973: 219

• Holotype: USNM 12353.
• Type locality: “Guayaquil, [Guayas,] Ecuador”.

References

Primary references

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

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2019. IUCN: Caecilia tenuissima  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T59531A49357429. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T59531A49357429.en. Accessed on 20 June 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Guayaquil Caecilian