Schistometopum

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Schistometopum
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Schistometopum thomense
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Dermophiidae
Genus: Schistometopum
Parker, 1941
Species

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Schistometopum is a genus of amphibian in the family Dermophiidae.[1] S. thomense is only known from two islands in the Bight of Benin, but has been reported from "Upper Zaïre". This likely refers to an undiscovered third species.

Species[]

Binomial name and author Common name
Schistometopum gregorii (Boulenger, 1895) Witu caecilian, mud-dwelling caecilian, flood-plain-dwelling caecilian
Schistometopum thomense (Bocage, 1873) São Tomé caecilian, Sao Tome caecilian, São Thomé caecilian, Aqua Ize caecilian, island caecilian, cobra bobo

References[]

  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Schistometopum Parker, 1941". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 December 2016.


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