Biology:Oscaecilia
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
Oscaecilia | |
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Oscaecilia ochrocephala | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Caeciliidae |
Genus: | Oscaecilia Taylor, 1968 |
Type species | |
Caecilia ochrocephala Cope, 1866
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Species | |
9 species (see text) |
Oscaecilia is a genus of caecilians in the family Caeciliidae.[1][2][3] The genus is distributed in southeastern Central America (Costa Rica, Panama) and northern South America, possibly extending into southern Brazil. They are sometimes known as the South American caecilians.[1]
Description
Adult Oscaecilia often exceed 60 cm (24 in) in total length.[3] The diagnostic characters of Oscaecilia include eyes that are covered by bone, presence of splenial teeth, absence of true tail, and a tentacular opening that is directly below the nostril, much closer to it than to the eye.[4]
Species
There are nine recognized species:[1][2]
Binomial name and author | Common name |
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Oscaecilia bassleri (Dunn, 1942) | Pastaza River caecilian |
Oscaecilia elongata (Dunn, 1942) | Yavisa caecilian |
Oscaecilia equatorialis Taylor, 1973 | Equatorial caecilian |
Oscaecilia hypereumeces Taylor, 1968 | Joinville caecilian |
Oscaecilia koepckeorum Wake, 1984 | Quisto Cocha caecilian |
Oscaecilia ochrocephala Cope, 1866 | Yellow-headed caecilian |
Oscaecilia osae Lahanas & Savage, 1992 | Osa caecilian, airstrip caecilian |
Oscaecilia polyzona (Fischer in Peters, 1880) | New Granada caecilian |
Oscaecilia zweifeli Taylor, 1968 | Tributary caecilian |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Oscaecilia Taylor, 1968". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Caeciliidae/Oscaecilia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Caeciliidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Caeciliidae.shtml.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 452–453.
- ↑ Lahanas, Pete N.; Savage, Jay M. (1992). "A new species of caecilian from the Península de Osa of Costa Rica". Copeia 1992 (3): 703–708. doi:10.2307/1446146.
Wikidata ☰ Q2698042 entry
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