Microcaecilia taylori

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: Siphonopidae
Genus: Microcaecilia
Species: Microcaecilia taylori

Name

Microcaecilia taylori Nussbaum & Hoogmoed, 1979: 225

• Holotype: RMNH 15165a, ♂, collected by M.S. Hoogmoed on 16 September 1968.
• Type locality: “Sipaliwini; forest island on western slope Vier Gebroeders Mountain, 2° N 55°58′ W, 250 m, Surinam”.

References

Primary references

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 1979. Surinam Caecilians, with notes on Rhinatrema bivittatum and the description of a new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia, Gymnophiona). Zoologische Mededelingen 54(14): 217–235. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Reynolds, R., Hoogmoed, M., MacCulloch, R., Gaucher, P. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. IUCN: Microcaecilia taylori  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59573A11951234. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59573A11951234.en. Accessed on 08 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tiny Taylor's Caecilian