Oscaecilia elongata

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: Oscaecilia
Species: Oscaecilia elongata

Name

Oscaecilia elongata (Dunn, 1942)

• Holotype: ZSM 1327. [destroyed during World War II]
• Type locality: “Panama”.

Combinations

• Caecilia elongata Dunn, 1942: 527 [original combination]
• Oscaecilia elongata — Taylor, 1968: 598 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Dunn, E.R. 1942. The American Caecilians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 91(6): 437–540. BHL 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. 2015. IUCN: Oscaecilia elongata  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T59579A54356433. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T59579A54356433.en. Accessed on 15 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Yavisa Caecilian