真蚓科

啮虫目的一科昆虫

真蚓科學名Caeciliidae),普通蚓螈的總稱。它們分布於中南美洲、赤道非洲和印度,是無足目種類最多,分布最廣的一科。真蚓科是進步的蚓螈,擁有很多進步的特徵,但是也有少數種類具有一些原始的特徵。真蚓科成員的體型、習性和生活史都多種多樣,體型有大有小,有卵生也有卵胎生。

真蚓科
Microcaecilia dermatophaga
科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 兩棲綱 Amphibia
目: 蚓螈目 Gymnophiona
演化支 無足目 Apoda
演化支 Stegokrotaphia
演化支 Teresomata
科: 真蚓科 Caeciliidae

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分類

本科有以下屬和物種:

閉管螈屬Atretochoana

Boulengerula

巴西蚓屬 Brasilotyphlus

真蚓屬Caecilia

Chthonerpeton

蛇皮蚓螈屬Dermophis

Gegeneophis

Gegenophis

Geotrypetes

Grandisonia

Gymnopis

Herpele

海迫蚓屬Hypogeophis

Idiocranium

Indotyphlus

Luetkenotyphlus

Microcaecilia

Mimosiphonops

Nectocaecilia

Oscaecilia

Parvicaecilia

Potomotyphlus

Praslinia

Schistometopum

Siphonops

Sylvacaecilia

Typhlonectes

參考

  1. ^ Mark Wilkinson, Patrick K. Malonza and Simon P. Loader. 2017. A New Species of Boulengerula Tornier, 1896 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Herpelidae) from Kenya and the 「rediscovery」 of Boulengerula denhardti. Zootaxa. 4286(4); 525–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.5
  2. ^ V. Giri, D.J. Gower and M. Wilkinson. 2004. A New Species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa. 739: 1-19.
  3. ^ Wilkinson, Mark, Marta M. Antoniazzi & Carlos Jared. 2015. A New Species of Microcaecilia Taylor 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa. 3905(3): 425–431. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.8
  4. ^ Carlos Jared, Pedro Luiz Mailho-Fontana, Rafael Marques-Porto, Juliana Mozer Sciani, Daniel Carvalho Pimenta, Edmund D. Brodie Jr. and Marta Maria Antoniazzi. 2018. Skin Gland Concentrations Adapted to Different Evolutionary Pressures in the Head and Posterior Regions of the Caecilian Siphonops annulatus. Scientific Reports. 8, Article number: 3576. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22005-5