Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in central and south America, equatorial Africa and India. Caecilians are amphibians that superficially resemble worms or snakes.

Taxonomy: Genera and Species

• Genus Boulengerula
  • Boulengerula boulengeri
  • Boulengerula changamwensis
  • Boulengerula fischeri
  • Boulengerula niedeni
  • Boulengerula taitanus
  • Boulengerula uluguruensis

• Genus Brasilotyphlus
  • Brasilotyphlus braziliensis

• Genus Caecilia
  • Caecilia abitaguae
  • Caecilia albiventris
  • Caecilia antioquiaensis
  • Caecilia armata
  • Caecilia attenuata
  • Caecilia bokermanni
  • Caecilia caribea
  • Caecilia corpulenta
  • Caecilia crassisquama
  • Caecilia degenerata
  • Caecilia disossea
  • Caecilia dunni
  • Caecilia flavopunctata
  • Caecilia gracilis
  • Caecilia guntheri
  • Caecilia inca
  • Caecilia isthmica
  • Caecilia leucocephala
  • Caecilia marcusi
  • Caecilia mertensi
  • Caecilia nigricans
  • Caecilia occidentalis
  • Caecilia orientalis
  • Caecilia pachynema
  • Caecilia perdita
  • Caecilia pressula
  • Caecilia subdermalis
  • Caecilia subnigricans
  • Caecilia subterminalis
  • Caecilia tentaculata
  • Caecilia tenuissima
  • Caecilia thompsoni
  • Caecilia volcani

• Genus Dermophis
  • Dermophis costaricense
  • Dermophis glandulosus
  • Dermophis gracilior
  • Dermophis mexicanus
  • Dermophis oaxacae
  • Dermophis occidentalis
  • Dermophis parviceps

• Genus Gegeneophis
  • Gegeneophis carnosus
  • Gegeneophis danieli
  • Gegeneophis fulleri
  • Gegeneophis krishni
  • Gegeneophis madhavai
  • Gegeneophis nadkarnii
  • Gegeneophis ramaswamii
  • Gegeneophis seshachari

• Genus Geotrypetes
  • Geotrypetes angeli
  • Geotrypetes pseudoangeli
  • Geotrypetes seraphini

• Genus Grandisonia
  • Grandisonia alternans
  • Grandisonia brevis
  • Grandisonia larvata
  • Grandisonia sechellensis

• Genus Gymnopis
  • Gymnopis multiplicata
  • Gymnopis syntremus

• Genus Herpele
  • Herpele multiplicata
  • Herpele squalostoma

• Genus Hypogeophis
  • Hypogeophis rostratus

• Genus Idiocranium
  • Idiocranium russeli

• Genus Indotyphlus
  • Indotyphlus battersbyi
  • Indotyphlus maharashtraensis

• Genus Luetkenotyphlus
  • Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis

• Genus Microcaecilia
  • Microcaecilia albiceps
  • Microcaecilia rabei
  • Microcaecilia supernumeraria
  • Microcaecilia taylori
  • Microcaecilia unicolor

• Genus Mimosiphonops
  • Mimosiphonops reinhardti
  • Mimosiphonops vermiculatus

• Genus Oscaecilia
  • Oscaecilia bassleri
  • Oscaecilia elongata
  • Oscaecilia equatorialis
  • Oscaecilia hypereumeces
  • Oscaecilia koepckeorum
  • Oscaecilia ochrocephala
  • Oscaecilia osae
  • Oscaecilia polyzona
  • Oscaecilia zweifeli

• Genus Parvicaecilia
  • Parvicaecilia nicefori
  • Parvicaecilia pricei

• Genus Praslinia
  • Praslinia cooperi

• Genus Schistometopum
  • Schistometopum gregorii
  • Schistometopum thomense

• Genus Siphonops
  • Siphonops annulatus
  • Siphonops hardyi
  • Siphonops insulanus
  • Siphonops leucoderus
  • Siphonops paulensis

• Genus Sylvacaecilia
  • Sylvacaecilia grandisonae

References

• Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians." Herpetological Monographs, (3), 1-42
• Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. application. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004

Caecilians

Caeciliidae | Caeciliidae | 真蚓科