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Crotaphatrema Nussbaum, 1985

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Scolecomorphidae > Genus: Crotaphatrema

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Crotaphatrema Nussbaum, 1985, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 713: 5. Type species: Herpele bornmuelleri Werner, 1899, by original designation.

English Names

Cameroon Caecilians (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 26).

Distribution

Southwestern Cameroon.

Comment

Contained taxa

  • Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri (Werner, 1899)
  • Crotaphatrema lamottei (Nussbaum, 1981)
  • Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis Lawson, 2000

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