Schistometopum thomense

Schistometopum thomense

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: Schistometopum
Species: Schistometopum thomense

Name

Schistometopum thomense (Bocage, 1873)

• Syntypes: MB (2 specimens) and ZMB 8738.
• Type locality: “l'Ile Saint Thomé (cotê occidentale d'Afrique)”.

Combinations

• Siphonops thomensis Bocage, 1873: 224 [original combination]
• Dermophis thomensis — Peters, 1880: 938 [subsequent combination]
• Schistometopum thomense — Parker, 1941: 17 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• 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

Primary references

• 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

• 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

English: São Tomé Caecilian
polski: Gruboskórzec wyspowy

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