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Mexican burrowing caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus)
| Subject: | Mexican burrowing caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus)
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Dermophis mexicanus
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Source http://calphotos.berkeley.edu
Author Franco Andreone
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dermophis_mexicanus.jpg
The Mexican burrowing caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus) is a species of limbless amphibian in the family Dermophiidae. It is found in Mexico and Central America, where it burrows under leaf litter and plant debris.
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Dermophiidae
Genus: Dermophis
Species: Dermophis mexicanus (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Synonyms:
Siphonops mexicanus Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Amphisbaena versatilis Gray, 1850
Dermophis mexicanus — Peters, 1880
Gymnophis clarkii Barbour, 1926
Dermophis mexicanus mexicanus — Dunn, 1928
Dermophis mexicanus clarki — Barbour & Loveridge, 1929 (rejected)
Dermophis eburatus Taylor, 1968
Dermophis septentrionalis Taylor, 1968
Dermophis mexicanus eburatus — Taylor, 1973
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Scientific Name: Dermophis mexicanus (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Common Names: Mexican Caecilian, Mexican burrowing caecilian; [Spanish] Tapalcua
Synonyms:
Dermophis eburatus Taylor, 1968
Dermophis septentrionalis Taylor, 1968
Gymnophis clarkii Barbour, 1926
Siphonops mexicanus Duméril & Bibron, 1841 |
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