Microcaecilia grandis

Microcaecilia grandis is a species of caecilian in the family Siphonopidae. It is endemic to Suriname and only known from the Lely Mountains.[2] It measures around 318 mm (12.5 in) in total length, and possesses bicuspid vomeropalatine teeth as well as more than 20 premaxillary-maxillary teeth.[1]

Microcaecilia grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Siphonopidae
Genus: Microcaecilia
Species:
M. grandis
Binomial name
Microcaecilia grandis
Wilkinson, Nussbaum & Hoogmoed, 2010[1]

References

  1. Wilkinson, Mark; Nussbaum, Ronald; Hoogmoed, Marinus (2009). "A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophona: Caeciliidae) from Suriname". Herpetologica. 65 (4): 413–418. doi:10.1655/08-030.1. N.b. The actual publication year was 2010.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Microcaecilia grandis Wilkinson, Nussbaum, and Hoogmoed, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 March 2016.


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