Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Epicrionops bicolor Boulenger, 1883, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 11: 202-203. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.66 (formerly 78.1.25.48) according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 190. Type locality: "Intac, (3900 ft. elev.,) Ecuador".

Rhinatrema bicolor — Vaillant, 1895, C. R. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci., Paris, 120: 461.

Epicrionops bicolor bicolor — Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 190.

Epicrionops bicolor subcaudalis Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 191. Holotype: AMNH 17305, by original designation. Type locality: "'Chanchamayo on Río Perene' Junin (state), Perú".

English Names

Two-colored Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 25).

Distribution

Pacific and Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru; Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 1750-2000 m elevation.

Comment

Lynch, 2000 "1999", Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 23: 331, commented on distribution. Taylor and Peters, 1974, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 50: 335-336, discussed an Ecuadorian specimen. Cisneros-Heredia, 2004, Herpetozoa, 17: 194-195, provided records for Ecuador.

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