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| Dermophiidae | |
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| Dermophis mexicanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Dermophiidae Taylor, 1969 |
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The Dermophiidae are a family of neotropical caecilians. They are found in Central and South America, and Africa. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes.
They are the only viviparous caecilians (species that give birth to live young) with secondary annuli (rings around the body).
Species
[edit]- Genus Dermophis
- Dermophis costaricense
- Dermophis glandulosus
- Dermophis gracilior
- Dermophis mexicanus - Mexican burrowing caecilian
- Dermophis oaxacae
- Dermophis occidentalis
- Dermophis parviceps
- Genus Geotrypetes – West African caecilians
- Geotrypetes angeli
- Geotrypetes pseudoangeli
- Geotrypetes seraphini, Gaboon caecilian
- Genus Gymnopis – wet forest caecilians
- Genus Schistometopum – Guinea caecilians
References
[edit]- Nussbaum, Ronald A.; Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians". Herpetological Monographs (3): 1–42. doi:10.2307/1466984. JSTOR 1466984.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Dermophiidae". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004
