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Caeciliidae

49 species in 2 genera

Commonly Called Common Caecilians


Caecilia thompsoni
Photo by Esteban Alzate
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The family Caeciliidae underwent substantial taxonomic revision in Wilkinson et al. (2011). These species are generally slender, some quite large (up to 1.5 m in Caecilia thompsoni) and vary from dark bluish slate to light gray in color with visible annuli.

Much of the natural history and biology of this fossorial family is unknown.

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Notable Family Characteristics

  • Morphological distinguished by the following combination: imperforate stapes, inner mandibular teeth, eyes surrounded or covered by the maxillopalatine, and monocusped teeth
  • Generally known from tropical forests, both primary and secondary
  • Oviparity known in at least C. orientalis
  • Fossorial
  • Distribution in Central and South America
Caeciliidae Richness map

Cartography Credit: Zoe Yoo, UC Berkeley
Range maps sources: AmphibiaWeb, UC Berkeley, and IUCN RedList

Relevant Reference

Wilkinson, M., San Mauro, D., Sherratt, E., and Gower, D. J. 2011. A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zootaxa 2874: 41-64.

Genus Caecilia (40 species)
Caecilia abitaguae no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia albiventris no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia antioquiaensis no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia aprix no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia armata no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia atelolepis no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia attenuata no account photos no sound/video
Caecilia bokermanni no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia caribea no account photos no sound/video
Caecilia corpulenta no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia crassisquama no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia degenerata no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia disossea no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia dunni no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia epicrionopsoides no account photos no sound/video
Caecilia flavopunctata no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia gracilis no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia guntheri no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia inca no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia isthmica no account photos no sound/video
Caecilia leucocephala no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia macrodonta no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia marcusi no account photos no sound/video
Caecilia mertensi no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia museugoeldi no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia nigricans account photos no sound/video
Caecilia occidentalis account photos no sound/video
Caecilia orientalis no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia pachynema no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia perdita no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia pulchraserrana account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia subdermalis no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia subnigricans no account photos no sound/video
Caecilia subterminalis no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia tentaculata account photos no sound/video
Caecilia tenuissima no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia thompsoni no account photos no sound/video
Caecilia volcani account photos no sound/video
Caecilia wilkinsoni no account no photos no sound/video
Caecilia yaigoje no account no photos no sound/video

Genus Oscaecilia (9 species)
Oscaecilia bassleri no account no photos no sound/video
Oscaecilia elongata no account no photos no sound/video
Oscaecilia equatorialis no account no photos no sound/video
Oscaecilia hypereumeces no account no photos no sound/video
Oscaecilia koepckeorum no account no photos no sound/video
Oscaecilia ochrocephala no account photos no sound/video
Oscaecilia osae account photos no sound/video
Oscaecilia polyzona no account photos no sound/video
Oscaecilia zweifeli no account no photos no sound/video


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