Grandisonia brevis (Boulenger, 1911)
Hypogeophis brevis Boulenger, 1911, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Ser. 2, 14: 375. Syntypes: BMNH 1946.9.5.24-25 (formerly 1910.3.18.84-85); BMNH 1946.9.5.24 designated lectotype by Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 755. Type locality: "Mahé, the smaller.. . from Cascade, the larger from the west side of Mt. Seychellois, altitude 1200 ft.", Seychelles Islands. Restricted to "the west side of Mt. Seychellois, altitude 1200 ft.", Seychelles Islands, by lectotype designation.
Grandisonia brevis — Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 755.
English Names
Mahe Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 24).
Distribution
Higher elevations of the islands of Mahé (above 400 m elevation) and Silhouette (above 100 m elevation), Seychelles Islands, Indian Ocean.
Comment
See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 608.
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