Microcaecilia unicolor

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 unicolor

Name

Microcaecilia unicolor (Duméril, 1863)

• Syntypes: MNHN 581 (4 specimens).
• Type locality: “Cayenne”, French Guiana.

Combinations

• Rhinatrema unicolor Duméril, 1863: 321 [original combination]
• Gymnopis unicolor — Peters, 1880: 939 [subsequent combination]
• Microcaecilia unicolor — Taylor, 1968: 543 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.H.A. 1863. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des Batraciens du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 9: 295–321. Reference page. 
• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. IUCN: Microcaecilia unicolor  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T59574A120327721. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T59574A120327721.en. Accessed on 08 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tiny Cayenne Caecilian