A New species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophona: Caeciliidae) from Suriname

Autor:	Ronald A. Nussbaum, Mark Wilkinson, Marinus S. Hoogmoed
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Systematics Caeciliidae Genus Ecology Microcaecilia Zoology Animal Science and Zoology Taxonomy (biology) Biology biology.organism_classification Caecilian Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Gymnophiona
Zdroj:	Herpetologica. 65:413-418
ISSN:	1938-5099 0018-0831
DOI:	10.1655/08-030.1
Popis:	We describe a new species of the caecilian genus Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Lely Mountains, Suriname and provide new information about the identification and distribution of species of Microcaecilia across the Guiana Shield. The new species, M. grandis, is large (318 mm total length), has many premaxillary-maxillary teeth (>20), and has bicuspid vomeropalatine teeth. We determined that specimens from Suriname previously assigned to M. unicolor (Dumeril, 1864) were misidentified and that M. unicolor is currently known only from French Guiana.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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