Nectocaecilia petersii (Boulenger, 1882)
Chthonerpeton petersii Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 104. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.68 (formerly 61.9.2.6), according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 279. Type locality: "Upper Amazon".
Nectocaecilia petersii — Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 268.
English Names
Upper Amazon Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 26).
Distribution
General vicinity of Cerro Yapacana at around 100 m elevation in Amazonas state, southern Venezuela, and Mamirauá, and Rio Tea, Amazonas, Brazil; presumably to be found in adjacent Colombia.
Comment
See Gorzula and Señaris, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 13-14, provided records for lowland Amazonas, Venezuela. Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2011, Zootaxa, 2984: 33-34, provided a detail account and spot map.
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