Hypogeophis montanus

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 montanus

Holotype: BMNH 2005.1824, adult ♂, collected by D.J. Gower, R.G. Kamei, S.T. Maddock and M. Wilkinson on 20 March 2015.

Type locality: “Congo Rouge, Mahé island, Seychelles (04°38’43.6” S, 55°26’03.3” E, ca. 718 m/asl)”.

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.

English: Montane Mahé Caecilian

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