Hypogeophis
Sign in to saveHypogeophis is a genus of caecilians in the family Grandisoniidae. The genus consists of four species, all endemic to parts of the Seychelles Archipelago.
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It is catalogued under topics including Amphibian genera, Endemic fauna of Seychelles and Grandisoniidae.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Indotyphlidae
- Collections
- CAS, NRM, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Seychelles, India
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caeciliidae
- Image
- Hypogeophis pti.jpg
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- taxon name
- Hypogeophis
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Frigate Island Caecilians
- taxonomic type
- Hypogeophis rostratus
- Commons category
- Hypogeophis
- taxon author citation
- Peters, 1880
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Hypogeophis is a genus of caecilians in the family Grandisoniidae. The genus consists of four species, all endemic to parts of the Seychelles Archipelago.
==Species== The genus has four recognized species: Hypogeophis brevis Hypogeophis montanus, Maddock, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2018 Hypogeophis pti – petite Praslin caecilian, found on Praslin Hypogeophis rostratus – Frigate Island caecilian
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