Geotrypetes seraphini

Geotrypetes seraphini

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: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Caeciliinae
Genus: Geotrypetes
Species: Geotrypetes seraphini
Subspecies: G. s. congoensis – G. s. occidentalis – G. s. seraphini

Name

Geotrypetes seraphini (Duméril, 1859)

Type locality: "Gabon".

Lectotype: MNHNP 1256B.

Synonyms

• Caecilia Seraphini Duméril, 1859
• Hypogeophis seraphini — Peters, 1880
• Geotrypetes seraphini — Peters, 1880
• Uraeotyphlus africanus Boulenger, 1882
• Uraeotyphlus seraphini — Vaillant in Boulenger, 1895
• Geotrypetes petersii Boulenger, 1895
• Geotrypetes seraphini seraphini — Parker, 1936
• Geotrypetes seraphini occidentalis Parker, 1936
• Geotrypetes congoensis Taylor, 1968
• Geotrypetes seraphini congoensis — Taylor, 1973
• Schistometopum garzonheydti Taylor & Salvador, 1978

References

• Duméril, 1859, Arch. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 10: 222.
• Peters, 1880, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1880: 55.
• 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. Geotrypetes seraphini
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Geotrypetes seraphini. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Geotrypetes seraphini  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 12 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Gaboon Caecilian