Gymnopis multiplicata

Gymnopis multiplicata

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: Gymnopis
Species: Gymnopis multiplicata
Subspecies: G. m. multiplicata – G. m. proxima

Name

Gymnopis multiplicata Peters, 1874

Type locality: "Veragua", Panamá.

Holotype: ZMB 3705.

Synonyms

• Gymnopis multiplicata Peters, 1874
• Siphonops proximus Cope, 1877
• Siphonops simus Cope, 1877
• Dermophis proximus — Peters, 1880
• Cryptopsophis multiplicatus Boulenger, 1883
• Gymnopis sima — Cope, 1885
• Gymnopis proxima — Cope, 1885
• Gymnopis multiplicatus multiplicatus — Parker, 1936
• Gymnopis multiplicata multiplicata — Dunn, 1942
• Gymnopis multiplicata proxima — Dunn, 1942
• Cryptopsophis simus — Taylor, 1968

References

• Peters, 1874, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1874: 616.
• Dunn, 1942, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 91: 437–540.
• 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. Gymnopis multiplicata
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Gymnopis multiplicata. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Gymnopis multiplicata  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 12 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Varagua Caecilian

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