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Epicrionops parkeri (Dunn, 1942)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Rhinatrematidae > Genus: Epicrionops

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Rhinatrema parkeri Dunn, 1942, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 91: 458. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.61 (formerly 97.11.12.23) according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 216. Type locality: "Medellin, [Antioquia,] Colombia".

Epicrionops parkeri — Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 216.

English Names

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

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality (Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia) on the northern end of the Cordillera Central.

Comment

See comments by Lynch, 2000 "1999", Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 23: 332.

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