Description
Habitat
Ecology: This is a subterranean
species recorded from lowland moist tropical
forest
.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
14.4Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Psocodea
()
- Order:
Gymnophiona
()
- Rafinesque, 1814
- Caecilians
- Suborder:
Psocomorpha
()
- Family:
Caeciliidae
()
-
- Subfamily:
Caeciliinae
()
- Rafinesque, 1814
- Genus:
Caecilia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
inca
- Taylor, 1973
- Scientific name: - Caecilia inca Taylor, 1973
- Specific name:
inca
- Taylor, 1973
- Genus:
Caecilia
(
- Subfamily:
Caeciliinae
(
- Family:
Caeciliidae
(
- Suborder:
Psocomorpha
(
- Order:
Gymnophiona
(
- Superorder:
Psocodea
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Mar-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Caecilia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 43 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. abitaguae · C. albiventris · C. annulata · C. antioquiaensis · C. armata · C. attenuata · C. bokermanni · C. caribea · C. corpulenta · C. crassisquama · C. degenerata · C. disossea · C. dorsalis · C. dunni · C. elongata · C. flavopunctata · C. glutinosa · C. gracilis · C. guntheri · C. inca · C. isthmica · C. kaupii · C. leucocephala · C. lumbricoides · C. marcusi · C. mertensi · C. natans · C. nigricans · C. occidentalis · C. ochrocephala · C. orientalis · C. pachynema · C. perdita · C. polyzona · C. pressula · C. sabogae · C. subdermalis · C. subnigricans · C. subterminalis · C. tentaculata · C. tenuissima · C. thompsoni · C. volcani
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Further Reading
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Gower, D.J. and Wilkinson, M. 2005. Conservation biology of caecilian amphibians. Conservation Biology 19(1): 45-55.
- Taylor, E.H. 1973. A caecilian miscellany. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 50: 187-231.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 12, 2006.
- Monteza, J.I., Angulo, A. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31172
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668439
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668439
- IUCN ID: 59516
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666754
Footnotes
- Monteza, J.I., Angulo, A. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
