Biology:Caecilia
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
| Caecilia | |
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| Caecilia nigricans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Caeciliidae |
| Genus: | Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Caecilia tentaculata | |
| Diversity | |
| See text | |
Caecilia is a genus of amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.
Species
| Binomial name and author | Common name | |
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| Caecilia abitaguae Dunn, 1942 | Abitagua caecilian | |
| Caecilia albiventris Daudin, 1803 | Whitebelly caecilian | |
| Caecilia antioquiaensis Taylor, 1968 | Antioquia caecilian | |
| Caecilia aprix Fernández-Roldán and Rueda-Almonacid, 2022 | ||
| Caecilia armata Dunn, 1942 | Armored caecilian | |
| Caecilia atelolepis Fernández-Roldán, Lynch, and Medina-Rangel, 2023 | ||
| Caecilia attenuata Taylor, 1968 | Santa Rosa caecilian | |
| Caecilia bokermanni Taylor, 1968 | Bokermann's caecilian | |
| Caecilia caribea Dunn, 1942 | Pensilvania caecilian | |
| Caecilia corpulenta Taylor, 1968 | Solid caecilian | |
| Caecilia crassisquama Taylor, 1968 | Normandia caecilian | |
| Caecilia degenerata Dunn, 1942 | Garagoa caecilian | |
| Caecilia disossea Taylor, 1968 | Rio Santiago caecilian | |
| Caecilia dunni Hershkovitz, 1938 | Dunn's caecilian | |
| Caecilia epicrionopsoides Fernández-Roldán, Lynch, and Medina-Rangel, 2023 | ||
| Caecilia flavopunctata Roze & Solano, 1963 | Yellow-spotted caecilian | |
| Caecilia goweri Fernández-Roldán and Lynch, 2021 | ||
| Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802 | Wormlike caecilia, slender caecilian, Surinam caecilian | |
| Caecilia guntheri Dunn, 1942 | Gunther's caecilian | |
| Caecilia inca Taylor, 1973 | Fundo Sinchona caecilian | |
| Caecilia isthmica Cope, 1877 | ||
| Caecilia leucocephala Taylor, 1968 | White-headed caecilian | |
| Caecilia macrodonta Fernández-Roldán, Lynch, and Medina-Rangel, 2023 | ||
| Caecilia marcusi Wake, 1985 | Villa Tunari caecilian | |
| Caecilia mertensi Taylor, 1973 | Mertens' caecilian | |
| Caecilia museugoeldi Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2018 | ||
| Caecilia nigricans Boulenger, 1902 | Rio Lita caecilian | |
| Caecilia occidentalis Taylor, 1968 | Cauca caecilian | |
| Caecilia orientalis Taylor, 1968 | La Bonita caecilian | |
| Caecilia pachynema Günther, 1859 | Intac caecilian | |
| Caecilia perdita Taylor, 1968 | Andagoya caecilian | |
| Caecilia pressula Taylor, 1968 | Marudi Mountains caecilian | |
| Caecilia pulchraserrana Acosta-Galvis, 2019 | ||
| Caecilia subdermalis Taylor, 1968 | Moscopan caecilian | |
| Caecilia subnigricans Dunn, 1942 | Magdalena Valley caecilian | |
| Caecilia subterminalis Taylor, 1968 | Taylor's Ecuador caecilian | |
| Caecilia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 | Bearded caecilia, white-bellied caecilian, Linnaeus' caecilian | |
| Caecilia tenuissima Taylor, 1973 | Guayaquil caecilian | |
| Caecilia thompsoni Boulenger, 1902 | Thompson's caecilian | |
| Caecilia volcani Taylor, 1969 | Cocle caecilian | |
| Caecilia wilkinsoni Fernández-Roldán & Lynch, 2023 |
References
- Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Caecilia". American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Caeciliidae/Caecilia.
Wikidata ☰ Q371468 entry
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