Caecilita
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| Caecilita iwokramae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Caeciliidae |
| Genus: | Caecilita Wake and Donnelly, 2010 |
| Species: | C. iwokramae |
| Binomial name | |
| Caecilita iwokramae Wake and Donnelly, 2010 | |
Caecilita iwokramae is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Caecilita. It is one of two caecilian species known to be lungless, but unlike Atretochoana eiselti it is small and terrestrial. It is differentiated from other caecilians by its lack of nostrils, and by other anatomical traits. The holotype, found in Guyana, in the scrub of Iwokrama Forest, was 11.2 centimetres (4.4 in) in length, with 102 annuli. Its colour in life was not recorded, but in preservative it was light yellow-brown with mottling.
References
- Wake, Marvalee H.; Donnelly, Maureen A. (22 March 2010). "A new lungless caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Guyana". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 227 (1683): 915–922. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1662.
- Kaplan, Matt (18 November 2008). "Giant Lungless "Worm" Found Living on Land". National Geographic News. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
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