Siphonops Wagler, 1828
Siphonops Wagler, 1828, Isis von Oken, 21: 742. Type species: Caecilia annulata Mikan, 1820, by monotypy.
English Names
Ringed Caecilians (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 24).
Distribution
South America east of the Andes, north of 30° S.
Comment
Wilkinson and Nussbaum, 2006, In Exbrayat (ed.), Reprod. Biol. Phylog. Gymnophiona: 39-78 [49, 69], suggested that the monophyly of this taxon is undocumented with respect to Mimosiphonops. See comment under Luetkenotyphlus.
Contained taxa
- Siphonops annulatus (Mikan, 1820)
- Siphonops hardyi Boulenger, 1888
- Siphonops insulanus Ihering, 1911
- Siphonops leucoderus Taylor, 1968
- Siphonops paulensis Boettger, 1892
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