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Caecilia is a genus of amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.

Species

Koh Tao Caecilian

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderAnguilliformes
  5. FamilyOphichthidae
Habitatmarine
Observations426
Observations recorded2,534,061,025

Настоящие червяги (лат. Caecilia) — род безногих земноводных (Gymnophiona) из одноимённого семейства (Caeciliidae). Внешне похожи на крупных дождевых червей (отсюда название). Типовой род семейства. Ряд ученых рассматривают его как парафилетический. Населяют болотистые местности в Панаме, северной и центральной частях Южной Америки.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
115
With media
2
Family
Caeciliidae
Collections
UTA, INMA, OMNH, KU, CUMV, USNM
Recorded in
Ecuador, Brasil, Brazil, Panama

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Caeciliidae
Image
Caecilia nigricans (2963340188).jpg
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Commons category
Caecilia
taxon name
Caecilia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Caecilia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
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Caecilia is a genus of amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.

== Species == {|style="text-align:left; border:1px solid #999999; width: 65%" |-style="background:#CCCC99; text-align: center; " !style="width: 30%; "| Binomial name and author!!style="width: 40%; "|Common name |- |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia abitaguae || Abitagua caecilian | |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia albiventris || Whitebelly caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia antioquiaensis || Antioquia caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" |Caecilia aprix || |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia armata || Armored caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" |Caecilia atelolepis || |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia attenuata || Santa Rosa caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia bokermanni || Bokermann's caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia caribea || Pensilvania caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia corpulenta || Solid caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia crassisquama || Normandia caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia degenerata || Garagoa caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia disossea || Rio Santiago caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia dunni || Dunn's caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" |Caecilia epicrionopsoides || |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia flavopunctata || Yellow-spotted caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" |Caecilia goweri || |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia gracilis || Wormlike caecilia, slender caecilian, Surinam caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia guntheri || Gunther's caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia inca || Fundo Sinchona caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia isthmica || |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia leucocephala || White-headed caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" |Caecilia macrodonta || |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia marcusi || Villa Tunari caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia mertensi || Mertens' caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia museugoeldi || |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia nigricans || Rio Lita caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia occidentalis || Cauca caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia orientalis || La Bonita caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia pachynema || Intac caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia perdita || Andagoya caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia pressula || Marudi Mountains caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia pulchraserrana || |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia subdermalis || Moscopan caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia subnigricans || Magdalena Valley caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia subterminalis || Taylor's Ecuador caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia tentaculata || Bearded caecilia, white-bellied caecilian, Linnaeus' caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia tenuissima || Guayaquil caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia thompsoni || Thompson's caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia volcani || Cocle caecilian |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" | Caecilia wilkinsoni || |- |}

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caecilia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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