Caecilia pachynema Günther, 1859
Coecilia pachynema Günther, 1859, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859: 417. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.6.83 (formerly 60.6.16.87), according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 425. Type locality: "Western Ecuador".
Caecilia pachynema — Cope, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 20: 118. Peters, 1880 "1879", Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 935.
Caecilia Buckleyi Boulenger, 1884, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 13: 398. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.15 (formerly 78.1.25.47) (animal figured in original publication), according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 425. Type locality: "Intac, Ecuador". Synonymy by Dunn, 1942, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 91: 439-540. Provisional synonymy by Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 425.
English Names
Intac Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 23).
Distribution
Pacific drainage systems of western Ecuador, 1500-1800 m elevation; northern Cordillera Centraol of Colombia.
Comment
Lynch, 2000 "1999", Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 23: 327, suggested that the population from Antioquia in Colombia represents a different species than Caecilia pachynema from Ecuador. Taylor and Peters, 1974, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 50: 339-340, commented on the original description and the range.
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