Microcaecilia albiceps (Boulenger, 1882)
Dermophis albiceps Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 98. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.32 (formerly 80.12.5.147) according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 533. Type locality: "Ecuador"m although Taylor opined that it came from eastern Ecuador.
Microcaecilia albiceps — Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 532.
English Names
Tiny White Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 24).
Distribution
Amazonian slopes the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador and Colombia (Caquetá).
Comment
Lynch, 2000 "1999", Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 23: 330, commented on distribution. Taylor and Peters, 1974, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 50: 338, commented on the Ecuadorian range.
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