Brasilotyphlus guarantanus

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Brasilotyphlus guarantanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Siphonopidae
Genus: Brasilotyphlus
Species:
B. guarantanus
Binomial name
Brasilotyphlus guarantanus
Maciel, Mott, and Hoogmoed, 2009

Brasilotyphlus guarantanus is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It was described in 2009 from a specimen collected in the north part of Mato Grosso, Brazil. [1]

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References

  1. Maciel, A. O.; Mott, T.; Hoogmoed, M. S. (2009). "A second species of Brasilotyphlus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Brazilian Amazonia" (PDF, abstract only). Zootaxa. 2226: 19–27. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2226.1.2.