Hypogeophis

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Grandisoniidae
Genus:
Species (7): H. alternans – H. brevis –
H. larvatus – H. montanus – H. pti – H. rostratus –
H. sechellensis
Name
- Type species: Coecilia rostrata Cuvier, 1829, by subsequent designation by Parker (1958: 74).
Synonymy
- Grandisonia Taylor, 1968
References
Primary references
- Peters, W.C.H. 1880. Über die Eintheilung der Caecilien und insbesondere über die Gattungen Rhinatrema und Gymnopis. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1879: 924–945. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Maddock, S.T., Wilkinson, M., Nussbaum, R.A. & Gower, D.J. 2017. A new species of small and highly abbreviated caecilian (Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the Seychelles island of Praslin, and a recharacterization of Hypogeophis brevis Boulenger, 1911. Zootaxa 4329(4): 301–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.4.1
Reference page. - Maddock, S.T., Wilkinson, M. & Gower, D.J. 2018. A new species of small, long-snouted Hypogeophis Peters, 1880 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the highest elevations of the Seychelles island of Mahé. Zootaxa 4450(3): 359–375. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.3
Reference page.
Vernacular names
- English: Seychelles Caecilians