Microcaecilia taylori Nussbaum and Hoogmoed, 1979
Microcaecilia taylori Nussbaum and Hoogmoed, 1979, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 54: 225. Holotype: RMNH 15165a, by original designation. Type locality: "Sipaliwini; forest island on western slope Vier Gebroeders Mountain, 2° N 55° 58′W, 250 m, Surinam".
English Names
Tiny Taylor's Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 24).
Distribution
Forest in and west of Sipaliwini Savanna, Surinam, to north-central Pará, Brazil, south of the Amazon; presumably in adjacent Guyana.
Comment
Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2011, Zootaxa, 2984: 26-31, provided a detailed account and a spot map. Dourado, Monteiro, and Maciel, 2011, Check List, 7: 845, provided several records for Para, Brazil. See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 326-327.
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