Hypogeophis rostratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Grandisoniidae
Genus: Hypogeophis
Species: Hypogeophis rostratus
Subspecies: H. r. guentheri – H. r. lionneti – H. r. praslini – H. r. rostratus

Name

Hypogeophis rostratus (Cuvier, 1829)

Type locality: Seychelles.

Holotype: MNHNP 4270.

Synonyms

• Coecilia rostrata Cuvier, 1829
• Hypogeophis rostratus — Peters, 1880
• Hypogeophis guentheri Boulenger, 1882
• Hypogeophis rostratus rostratus — Parker, 1958
• Hypogeophis rostratus praslini Parker, 1958
• Hypogeophis rostratus guentheri — Taylor, 1968
• Hypogeophis rostratus lionneti Taylor, 1969

References

• Cuvier, 1829, Regne Animal., Ed. 2, 2: 100.
• Peters, 1880, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 936.
• 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. Hypogeophis rostratus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Hypogeophis rostratus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Hypogeophis rostratus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 12 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Frigate Island Caecilian
Nederlands: Seychellenwormsalamander