Scolecomorphus vittatus

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: Scolecomorphinae
Genus: Scolecomorphus
Species: Scolecomorphus vittatus

Name

Scolecomorphus vittatus (Boulenger, 1895)

Type locality: "Usambara, [Tanga Division,] German East Africa" (= Tanzania).

Holotype: BM 1946.9.5.59.

Synonyms

• Bdellophis vittatus Boulenger, 1895
• Scolecomorphus vittatus — Barbour & Loveridge, 1928

References

• Boulenger, 1895, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1895: 412.
• Barbour & Loveridge, 1928, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 50: 178.
• 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. Scolecomorphus vittatus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Scolecomorphus vittatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Scolecomorphus vittatus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 13 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ribbon Caecilian