Taxonomic Status Of The Neotropical Caecilian Genera Brasilotyphlus Taylor, 1968, Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968 And Parvicaecilia Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae)

Wilkinson, Mark; O’Connor, Anne; Nussbaum, Ronald A.

Taxonomic Status Of The Neotropical Caecilian Genera Brasilotyphlus Taylor, 1968, Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968 And Parvicaecilia Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae)

dc.contributor.author	Wilkinson, Mark
dc.contributor.author	O’Connor, Anne
dc.contributor.author	Nussbaum, Ronald A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-12T14:51:32Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-12T14:51:32Z
dc.date.issued	2013-07-01
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/122718
dc.description.abstract	ABSTRACT — We review the taxonomic history and assess the status of three genera of siphonopid caecilians from South America. Evidence from dentition and squamation suggest that Microcaecilia is paraphyletic with respect to Parvicaecilia. To avoid this paraphyly we propose to relegate the latter to the synonymy of the former. We find no evidence warranting any change in the taxonomic status of Brasilotyphlus at this time. We provide a rediagnosis of Microcaecilia and a key to the fourteen currently recognized species.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	OP 744	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology	en_US
dc.subject	Caecilian genera, Brasilotyphlus, Microcaecilia, Parvicaecilia, neotropics, synonymy, key, paraphyly	en_US
dc.title	Taxonomic Status Of The Neotropical Caecilian Genera Brasilotyphlus Taylor, 1968, Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968 And Parvicaecilia Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae)	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel	Science (General)
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel	Science
dc.description.peerreviewed	Peer Reviewed	en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus	Ann Arbor	en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurl	http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/122718/1/OP 744.pdf
dc.owningcollname	Zoology, University of Michigan Museum of (UMMZ)

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