Schistometopum
Schistometopum | |
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Schistometopum thomense | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
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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[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Schistometopum
- Amphibian genera
- Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Taxa named by Hampton Wildman Parker
- Caecilian stubs