| Grandisonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Grandisoniidae |
| Genus: | Grandisonia Taylor, 1967 |
| Species | |
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Grandisonia is a genus of amphibian in the family Grandisoniidae. [1] [2]
The genus containes three species: [1] [2]
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| Grandisonia alternans (Stejneger, 1893) | Stejneger's caecilian |
| Grandisonia larvata (Ahl, 1934) | Indian Ocean caecilian |
| Grandisonia sechellensis (Boulenger, 1911) | Seychelles caecilian |
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