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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Caeciliinae
Genus: Caecilia
Species: C. abitaguae – C. albiventris – C. antioquiaensis – C. armata – C. attenuata – C. bokermanni – C. caribea – C. corpulenta – C. crassisquama – C. degenerata – C. disossea – C. dunni – C. flavopunctata – C. gracilis – C. guntheri – C. inca – C. isthmica – C. leucocephala – C. marcusi – C. mertensi – C. museugoeldi – C. nigricans – C. occidentalis – C. orientalis – C. pachynema – C. perdita – C. pressula – C. pulchraserrana – C. subdermalis – C. subnigricans – C. subterminalis – C. tentaculata – C. tenuissima – C. thompsoni – C. volcani
Name

Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758: 229

Type species: Caecilia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Coecilia — Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801
Amphiumophis Werner, 1901

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Acosta-Galvis, A.R., Torres, M. & Pulido-Santacruz, P. 2019. A new species of Caecilia (Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae) from the Magdalena valley region of Colombia. ZooKeys 884: 135–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.884.35776 Open access Reference page.

Links

Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Caecilia access date 11 August 2008

Vernacular names
English: Common Caecilians

Caecilia is a genus of amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.
Species

Binomial name and author Common name
Caecilia abitaguae Dunn, 1942 Abitagua caecilian
Caecilia albiventris Daudin, 1803 Whitebelly caecilian
Caecilia antioquiaensis Taylor, 1968 Antioquia caecilian
Caecilia armata Dunn, 1942 Armored caecilian
Caecilia attenuata Taylor, 1968 Santa Rosa caecilian
Caecilia bokermanni Taylor, 1968 Bokermann's caecilian
Caecilia caribea Dunn, 1942 Pensilvania caecilian
Caecilia corpulenta Taylor, 1968 Solid caecilian
Caecilia crassisquama Taylor, 1968 Normandia caecilian
Caecilia degenerata Dunn, 1942 Garagoa caecilian
Caecilia disossea Taylor, 1968 Rio Santiago caecilian
Caecilia dunni Hershkovitz, 1938 Dunn's caecilian
Caecilia flavopunctata Roze & Solano, 1963 Yellow-spotted caecilian
Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802 Wormlike caecilia, slender caecilian, Surinam caecilian
Caecilia guntheri Dunn, 1942 Gunther's caecilian
Caecilia inca Taylor, 1973 Fundo Sinchona caecilian
Caecilia isthmica Cope, 1877
Caecilia leucocephala Taylor, 1968 White-headed caecilian
Caecilia marcusi Wake, 1985 Villa Tunari caecilian
Caecilia mertensi Taylor, 1973 Mertens' caecilian
Caecilia museugoeldi Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2018
Caecilia nigricans Boulenger, 1902 Rio Lita caecilian
Caecilia occidentalis Taylor, 1968 Cauca caecilian
Caecilia orientalis Taylor, 1968 La Bonita caecilian
Caecilia pachynema Günther, 1859 Intac caecilian
Caecilia perdita Taylor, 1968 Andagoya caecilian
Caecilia pressula Taylor, 1968 Marudi Mountains caecilian
Caecilia pulchraserrana Acosta-Galvis, 2019
Caecilia subdermalis Taylor, 1968 Moscopan caecilian
Caecilia subnigricans Dunn, 1942 Magdalena Valley caecilian
Caecilia subterminalis Taylor, 1968 Taylor's Ecuador caecilian
Caecilia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 Bearded caecilia, white-bellied caecilian, Linnaeus' caecilian
Caecilia tenuissima Taylor, 1973 Guayaquil caecilian
Caecilia thompsoni Boulenger, 1902 Thompson's caecilian
Caecilia volcani Taylor, 1969 Cocle caecilian

References
Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Caecilia". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

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