Oscaecilia polyzona

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 polyzona

Name

Oscaecilia polyzona (Fischer in Peters, 1880)

Type locality: "Caceres [= Cáceres], Provinz Antioquia (Neu Granada)", Colombia.

Syntypes: ZMB 9524, NHMW 9141, AMNH 23499.

Synonyms

• Caecilia polyzona Fischer in Peters, 1880
• Oscaecilia polyzona — Taylor, 1968

References

• Fischer in Peters, 1880, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 936.
• Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 598.
• 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. Oscaecilia polyzona
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Oscaecilia polyzona. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Oscaecilia polyzona  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 12 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: New Granada Caecilian