Caeciliidae

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Tropical caecilians
Siphonops annulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Gymnophiona Family: Caeciliidae
Genera
Boulengerula  Brasilotyphlus  Caecilia  Dermophis  Gegeneophis  Geotrypetes  Grandisonia  Gymnopis  Herpele  Hypogeophis  Idiocranium  Indotyphlus  Luetkenotyphlus  Microcaecilia  Mimosiphonops  Oscaecilia  Parvicaecilia  Praslinia  Schistometopum  Siphonops

Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in central and south America, equatorial Africa and India. Caecilians are amphibians that superficially resemble worms or snakes.

[edit] Taxonomy: Genera and Species

• Genus Boulengerula
  • Boulengerula boulengeri
  • Boulengerula changamwensis
  • Boulengerula fischeri
  • Boulengerula niedeni
  • Boulengerula taitanus
  • Boulengerula uluguruensis

• Genus Brasilotyphlus
  • Brasilotyphlus braziliensis

• Genus Caecilia
  • Caecilia abitaguae
  • Caecilia albiventris
  • Caecilia antioquiaensis
  • Caecilia armata
  • Caecilia attenuata
  • Caecilia bokermanni
  • Caecilia caribea
  • Caecilia corpulenta
  • Caecilia crassisquama
  • Caecilia degenerata
  • Caecilia disossea
  • Caecilia dunni
  • Caecilia flavopunctata
  • Caecilia gracilis
  • Caecilia guntheri
  • Caecilia inca
  • Caecilia isthmica
  • Caecilia leucocephala
  • Caecilia marcusi
  • Caecilia mertensi
  • Caecilia nigricans
  • Caecilia occidentalis
  • Caecilia orientalis
  • Caecilia pachynema
  • Caecilia perdita
  • Caecilia pressula
  • Caecilia subdermalis
  • Caecilia subnigricans
  • Caecilia subterminalis
  • Caecilia tentaculata
  • Caecilia tenuissima
  • Caecilia thompsoni
  • Caecilia volcani

• Genus Dermophis
  • Dermophis costaricense
  • Dermophis glandulosus
  • Dermophis gracilior
  • Dermophis mexicanus
  • Dermophis oaxacae
  • Dermophis occidentalis
  • Dermophis parviceps

• Genus Gegeneophis
  • Gegeneophis carnosus
  • Gegeneophis danieli
  • Gegeneophis fulleri
  • Gegeneophis goaensis
  • Gegeneophis krishni
  • Gegeneophis madhavai
  • Gegeniophis mhadeiensis
  • Gegeneophis nadkarnii
  • Gegeneophis ramaswamii
  • Gegeneophis seshachari

• Genus Geotrypetes
  • Geotrypetes angeli
  • Geotrypetes pseudoangeli
  • Geotrypetes seraphini

• Genus Grandisonia
  • Grandisonia alternans
  • Grandisonia brevis
  • Grandisonia larvata
  • Grandisonia sechellensis

• Genus Gymnopis
  • Gymnopis multiplicata
  • Gymnopis syntremus

• Genus Herpele
  • Herpele multiplicata
  • Herpele squalostoma

• Genus Hypogeophis
  • Hypogeophis rostratus

• Genus Idiocranium
  • Idiocranium russeli

• Genus Indotyphlus
  • Indotyphlus battersbyi
  • Indotyphlus maharashtraensis

• Genus Luetkenotyphlus
  • Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis

• Genus Microcaecilia
  • Microcaecilia albiceps
  • Microcaecilia rabei
  • Microcaecilia supernumeraria
  • Microcaecilia taylori
  • Microcaecilia unicolor

• Genus Mimosiphonops
  • Mimosiphonops reinhardti
  • Mimosiphonops vermiculatus

• Genus Oscaecilia
  • Oscaecilia bassleri
  • Oscaecilia elongata
  • Oscaecilia equatorialis
  • Oscaecilia hypereumeces
  • Oscaecilia koepckeorum
  • Oscaecilia ochrocephala
  • Oscaecilia osae
  • Oscaecilia polyzona
  • Oscaecilia zweifeli

• Genus Parvicaecilia
  • Parvicaecilia nicefori
  • Parvicaecilia pricei

• Genus Praslinia
  • Praslinia cooperi

• Genus Schistometopum
  • Schistometopum gregorii
  • Schistometopum thomense

• Genus Siphonops
  • Siphonops annulatus
  • Siphonops hardyi
  • Siphonops insulanus
  • Siphonops leucoderus
  • Siphonops paulensis

• Genus Sylvacaecilia
  • Sylvacaecilia grandisonae

[edit] References

• Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians." Herpetological Monographs, (3), 1-42
• San Mauro, Diego; David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, Mark Wilkinson and Rafael Zardoya (November 2004). "Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 413-427. 
• San Mauro, Diego; Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea". American Naturalist 165: 590-599. 
• Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004