Description
Habitat
Ecology: This is a subterranean
species that inhabits humid lowland, premontane and montane
forest
. It is presumed to be viviparous, like other species of Dermophis.
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
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:
Arthropoda
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Psocodea
()
- Order:
Psocoptera
()
- Rafinesque, 1814
- Suborder:
Psocomorpha
()
- Family:
Caeciliidae
()
-
- Subfamily:
Caeciliinae
()
- Genus:
Dermophis
()
- Peters, 1880
- Specific name:
gracilior
- Günther, 1902
- Scientific name: - Dermophis gracilior Günther, 1902
- Specific name:
gracilior
- Günther, 1902
- Genus:
Dermophis
(
- Subfamily:
Caeciliinae
(
- Family:
Caeciliidae
(
- Suborder:
Psocomorpha
(
- Order:
Psocoptera
(
- Superorder:
Psocodea
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- 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 Dermophis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. balboai · D. costaricense · D. costaricensis · D. crassus · D. flaviventer · D. glandulosus · D. gracilior · D. larvatus · D. mexicanus · D. mexicanus clarki · D. oaxacae (Oaxacan Caecilian) · D. occidentalis · D. parviceps · D. septentrionalis · D. thomensis
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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.
- Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between two Continents, between two Seas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
- Savage, J.M. and Wake, M.H. 1972. Geographic variation and systematics of the Middle American caecilians, Genera Dermophis and Gymnopis. Copeia 1972: 680-695.
- Savage, J.M. and Wake, M.H. 2001. Reevaluation of the status of taxa of Central American caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), with comments on their origin and evolution. Copeia 2001(1): 52-64.
- Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World. A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
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 11, 2006.
- SolÃs, F., Ibáñez, R., Chaves, G., Savage, J., Jaramillo, C., Fuenmayor, Q. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31199
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668459
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668459
- IUCN ID: 59544
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666772
