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: Microcaecilia
Species (16): M. albiceps – M. butantan – M. dermatophaga – M. grandis – M. iwokramae – M. iyob – M. marvaleewakeae – M. nicefori – M. pricei – M. rabei – M. rochai – M. savagei – M. supernumeraria – M. taylori – M. trombetas – M. unicolor
Name
Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968
Type species: Dermophis albiceps Boulenger, 1882
References
Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 532.
Wilkinson, M.; Kok, P.J.R. 2010: A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Guyana. Zootaxa, 2719: 35–40. Preview
Maciel, A.O.; Hoogmoed, M.S. 2011: Taxonomy and distribution of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) of Brazilian Amazonia, with a key to their identification. Zootaxa 2984: 1–53. Preview Reference page.
Maciel, A.O. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 2013. A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) from the Guianan region of Brazil. Zootaxa 3693(3): 387–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.3.9 Reference page.
Links
Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Microcaecilia access date 12 August 2008
Vernacular names
English: Tiny Caecilians
Microcaecilia is a genus of caecilians in the family Siphonopidae.
Species
Species included (as of October 2019):[1]
Microcaecilia albiceps (Boulenger, 1882)
Microcaecilia butantan Wilkinson, Antoniazzi, and Jared, 2015
Microcaecilia dermatophaga Wilkinson, Sherratt, Starace, and Gower, 2013[2]
Microcaecilia grandis Wilkinson, Nussbaum, and Hoogmoed, 2010
Microcaecilia iwokramae (Wake and Donnelly, 2010)
Microcaecilia iyob Wilkinson and Kok, 2010
Microcaecilia marvaleewakeae Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2013[3]
Microcaecilia nicefori (Barbour, 1924)
Microcaecilia pricei (Dunn, 1944)
Microcaecilia rabei (Roze and Solano, 1963)
Microcaecilia rochai Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2011
Microcaecilia savagei Donnelly and Wake, 2013
Microcaecilia supernumeraria Taylor, 1969
Microcaecilia taylori Nussbaum and Hoogmoed, 1979
Microcaecilia trombetas Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2011
Microcaecilia unicolor (Duméril, 1863)
References
Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Microcaecilia". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
Wilkinson; Sherratt; Starace & Gower (2013). "A New Species of Skin-Feeding Caecilian and the First Report of Reproductive Mode in Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae)". PLOS ONE. 8 (3): e57756. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...857756W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057756. PMC 3590283. PMID 23483926.
Maciel, Adriano O.; Hoogmoed, Marinus S. (2013). "A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) from the Guianan region of Brazil". Zootaxa. 3693 (3): 387–94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3693.3.9. PMID 26185857.
Wilkinson, M; Kok, P.J.R. (2019). "A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Guyana". Zootaxa. 2719: 35–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2719.1.3.
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