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Brasilotyphlus Taylor 1968

Description

1. Brasilotyphlus Taylor, 1968

Type species: Gymnopis braziliensis Dunn, 1945 by original designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis: The only siphonopids with a diastema between the vomerine and palatine teeth and eyes covered by bone.

Distribution: Brazil.

Content: Two species (braziliensis, guarantanus).

Notes

Published as part of Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), pp. 41-64 in Zootaxa 2874 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200863

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References

  • Taylor, E. H. (1968) The caecilians of the World. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
  • Dunn, E. R. (1945) A new caecilian of the genus Gymnopis from Brazil. American Museum Novitates, 1278, 1.