Taxonomy Profile: Caecilia (Linnaeus 1758)

Caecilia: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Coecilia
Linnaeus 1758
Amphiumophis
Werner 1901
Common Name(s):
common caecilians []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Caecilia: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Amphibia
Amphibians |
anfíbio |
amphibiens |
Order : Gymnophiona
Caecilians |
Family : Caeciliidae
Caecilians |
Genus : Caecilia
common caecilians |
Caecilia Direct Children(s):
Caecilia abitaguae
(Dunn 1942)
Caecilia albiventris
(Daudin 1803)
Caecilia armata
(Dunn 1942)
Caecilia attenuata
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia bokermanni
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia caribea
(Dunn 1942)
Caecilia corpulenta
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia crassisquama
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia degenerata
(Dunn 1942)
Caecilia disossea
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia dunni
(Hershkovitz 1938)
Caecilia flavopunctata
(Roze and Solano 1963)
Caecilia gracilis
(Shaw 1802)
Caecilia guntheri
(Dunn 1942)
Caecilia inca
(Taylor 1973)
Caecilia isthmica
(Cope 1877)
Caecilia leucocephala
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia marcusi
(Wake 1985)
Caecilia mertensi
(Taylor 1973)
Caecilia nigricans
(Boulenger 1902)
Caecilia occidentalis
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia orientalis
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia pachynema
(Günther 1859)
Caecilia perdita
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia pressula
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia subdermalis
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia subterminalis
(Taylor 1968)
Caecilia tentaculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
Caecilia tenuissima
(Taylor 1973)
Caecilia thompsoni
(Boulenger 1902)
Caecilia volcani
(Taylor 1969)
Caecilia museugoeldi
(Maciel and Hoogmoed 2018)
Caecilia: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Caecilia
Source:
Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6
Acquired:
2019-09-12
Notes:
Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Reference for:
Caecilia
Publication(s):
Caecilia: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Caecilia: Comments
Comment:
Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 is a senior homonym of fish genus Caecilia Lacepède, 1800 (TSN 635351)