Schistometopum thomense
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Caeciliinae
Genus: Schistometopum
Species: Schistometopum thomense
Name
[edit]Schistometopum thomense (Bocage, 1873)
- Syntypes: MB (2 specimens) and ZMB 8738.
- Type locality: “l'Ile Saint Thomé (cotê occidentale d'Afrique)”.
Combinations
[edit]- Siphonops thomensis Bocage, 1873: 224 [original combination]
- Dermophis thomensis — Peters, 1880: 938 [subsequent combination]
- Schistometopum thomense — Parker, 1941: 17 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- Siphonops brevirostris Peters, 1874: 617
- Holotype: ZMB 4911.
- Type locality: “Westküste Africas (Guinea)”, restricted to “Rolas Island”, São Tomé and Príncipe, by Gorham (1962: 16).
- Schistometopum ephele Taylor, 1965: 295
- Holotype: MSNG 8773.
- Type locality: “Agua Ize (400-700 M.), Ilha São Thomé, Gulf of Guinea”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873. Mélanges erpétologiques. II. Sur quelques Reptiles et Batraciens nouveaux, rares ou peu connus d' Afrique occidentale. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 4(15): 209–227. BHL Reference page.
- Taylor, E.H. 1965. New Asiatic and African Caecilians with Redescriptions of Certain Other Species. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 46(6): 253–302. BHL Reference page.
Links
[edit]- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Schistometopum thomense (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59592A16958403. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59592A16958403.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: São Tomé Caecilian
polski: Gruboskórzec wyspowy
polski: Gruboskórzec wyspowy