Geotrypetes angeli Parker, 1936
Geotrypetes angeli Parker, 1936, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 19: 87. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.54 (formerly 1909.2.23.10), by original designation and according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 711. Type locality: "Labé, French Guinea [= Guinea]".
English Names
Angel's Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 24).
Distribution
Known from the type locality (Labe, Guinea) and Tingi Hills, Guinea; presumably to be found in northeastern Sierra Leone and northern Liberia.
Comment
Schiĝtz, 1964, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 127: 19, provided an additional record beyond the type locality.
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