Hypogeophis brevis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona
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: Indotyphlidae
Genus: Hypogeophis
Species: Hypogeophis brevis

Name

Hypogeophis brevis Boulenger, 1911: 375

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.24. [designated by Taylor (1968: 755)]

Type locality: “Mahé, the smaller... from Cascade, the larger from the west side of Mt. Seychellois, altitude 1200 ft.”, restricted to “the west side of Mt. Seychellois, altitude 1200 ft”, Seychelles Islands, by Taylor (1968: 755).

Combinations

Grandisonia brevis — Taylor, 1968: 755 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Boulenger, G.A. 1911. List of Batrachians and Reptiles obtained by Prof. Stanley Gardiner on his second expedition to the Seychelles and Aldabra. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology, 14: 375–378. BHL
Taylor, E.H. 1968. Caecilians of the World. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. 790 pp.

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.

Links

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. Hypogeophis brevis
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Hypogeophis brevis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2018. IUCN: Hypogeophis brevis (Endangered) (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T59559A125192602. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T59559A125192602.en

Vernacular names

English: Mahe Caecilian

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