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Key to the Caecilia of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia 1. With secondary grooves................................................................................ 2 1’. Without secondary grooves............................................................................. 4 2.
Fernández-Roldán, Juan David +2 more
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Published as part of Maciel, Adriano O. & Hoogmoed, Marinus S., 2011, Taxonomy and distribution of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) of Brazilian Amazonia, with a key to their identification, pp.
Maciel, Adriano O., Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
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Acraea (Acraea) caecilia subsp. caecilia Fabricius 1781
193. Acraea (Acraea) caecilia caecilia (Fabricius, 1781) WL: 27mm. A. caecilia is typical of Sudan savanna, but may displace southwards during the dry season, establishing non-permanent populations. It ranges from West Africa to Chad, south Sudan, Ethiopia and western Kenya. A. c.
Bivar-De-Sousa, António +5 more
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A review of color patterns in Caecilia tentaculata (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) reveals high frequency of partial leucism [PDF]
Caecilia tentaculata is an amphibian species of the order Gymnophiona, widely distributed throughout Amazonia. We reviewed the species’ color pattern based on the analysis of collection specimens representing several populations across its geographic ...
Alice Maria Barbosa GUIMARÃES DIAS +3 more
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Caecilia thompsoni Boulenger 1902
Caecilia thompsoni Boulenger, 1902: Figure 7A Caecilia thompsoni Boulenger 1902: 152. Material examined. Table 1. A large caecilian with generally cylindrical body; eye in an open orbit and tentacular aperture below nostril, close to the anterior portion of the face (Lynch 1999). Caecilia thompsoni is readily distinguished from C. subnigricans (another
Restrepo, Adriana +4 more
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Published as part of Miracle, Eulàlia Gassó, Van, Lars W., Ostende, Den Hoek & Arntzen, Jan Willem, 2007, Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp.
Miracle, Eulàlia Gassó +3 more
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Caecilia marcusi Wake, 1985 Caecilia marcusi Wake, 1985: 215; Reichle & Köhler, 1996: 208; De la Riva, 1990: 300; De la Riva et al., 2000: 52; Köhler, 2000: 58; Cortez et al., 2004; Glaw & Franzen, 2006:156; Frost, 2008. Caecilia mertensi Faria & Mott, 2011: 53. Diagnosis. Maximum known TL 510 mm. TL. PA 139–157; SG 25–47.
Maciel, Adriano O., Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
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Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758, gen. nov.
Caecilia [gen. nov.] Rugae trunci caudaeque. Labium superius tentaculis 2.
Linnaeus, Carolus
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Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802 Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802: 597; Dunn, 1942: 515; Taylor, 1968: 385; Hoogmoed, 1979: 273; Frost, 1985: 621; Azevedo- Ramos et al., 2004; Maciel et al., 2006; Frost, 2008. Caecilia cf. gracilis Galatti et al., 2007:93. Diagnosis. Maximum known TL 735 mm (MPEG 1428), but most specimens less than 510 mm.
Maciel, Adriano O., Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
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An overview of the postcranial osteology of caecilians (Gymnophiona, Lissamphibia). [PDF]
Abstract Caecilians comprise a relatively small (~220 species) group (Gymnophiona) of snake‐like or worm‐like, mostly tropical amphibians. Most adult caecilians are fossorial, although some species may live in aquatic or semi‐aquatic environments, either as larvae or adults.
Santos RO, Wilkinson M, Zaher H.
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