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Potamotyphlus Taylor, 1968

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Typhlonectidae > Genus: Potamotyphlus

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Potamotyphlus Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: Errata sheet provided with original mailing.

Potomotyphlus Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 256. Type species: Caecilia kaupii Berthold, 1859, by original designation. Incorrect original spelling, corrected in errata distributed with original publication by publisher.

English Names

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

Distribution

Northern South America.

Comment

Wilkinson and Nussbaum, 2006, In Exbrayat (ed.), Reprod. Biol. Phylog. Gymnophiona: 39-78 [71], diagnosed the taxon.

Contained taxa

  • Potamotyphlus kaupii (Berthold, 1859)

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