Boulengerula
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Herpelidae
Genus: Boulengerula
Species (9): B. boulengeri – B. changamwensis – B. denhardti – B. endauensis – B. fischeri – B. niedeni – B. spawlsi – B. taitanus – B. uluguruensis
Name
Boulengerula Tornier, 1896: 164
- Type species: Boulengerula boulengeri Tornier, 1896, by monotypy.
Synonyms
- Afrocaecilia Taylor, 1968: 321 [synonymised by Nussbaum & Hinkel (1994: 754)]
- Type species: Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935, by original designation.
References
Primary references
- Tornier, G. 1896. Reptilien, Amphibien. pp. 1–164 in Möbius, K. (ed.). Deutsch Ost-Afrika. Volume 3. Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas (Part 4). Dietrich Reimer: Berlin.
- Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page.
Additional references
- Loader, S.P. et al. 2011: Molecular phylogenetics of Boulengerula (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) and implications for taxonomy, biogeography and conservation. Herpetological journal, 21(1): 5–16. abstract only seen
- Wilkinson, M., Malonza, P.K., Campbell, P.D. & Loader, S.P. 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
Reference page. - Malonza, P.K. & Wasonga, D.V. 2023. A New Species of Caecilian in the Genus Boulengerula from Endau Hill in South-Eastern Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 112(7): 74–80. DOI: 10.2982/028.112.0701
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