Biology:Hypogeophis
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Grandisoniidae |
| Genus: | Hypogeophis Peters, 1880 |
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Hypogeophis is a genus of caecilians in the family Grandisoniidae.[1][2] The genus consists of four species, all endemic to parts of the Seychelles Archipelago.[1][2][3]
Species
The genus has four recognized species:[1][2]
- Hypogeophis brevis
- Hypogeophis montanus, Maddock, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2018
- Hypogeophis pti – petite Praslin caecilian, found on Praslin[4]
- Hypogeophis rostratus – Frigate Island caecilian
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R.. "Hypogeophis Peters, 1880". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Grandisoniidae/Hypogeophis.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Grandisoniidae". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Grandisoniidae.shtml.
- ↑ Himstedt, Werner (2000). "Caecilian Ecology". in Hofrichter, Robert. Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts. New York: Firefly. pp. 186–190. ISBN 1-55209-541-X. https://archive.org/details/amphibiansworldo0000unse/page/186.
- ↑ Blackman, Stuart (2018). "Discoveries". BBC Wildlife 36 (1): 17.
External links
Media related to Hypogeophis at Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata ☰ Q11844265 entry
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