Caecilia mertensi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Caeciliidae
Genus: Caecilia
Species:

Caecilia mertensi Taylor, 1973

Type locality: "'Seychelle Isle.' It is most probably a specimen from South America... Despite the attached data".

Holotype: CAS 63983.

Taylor, 1973, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 50: 210.
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. Caecilia mertensi Reference page.
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Caecilia mertensi. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Caecilia mertensi (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 11 August 2008.