Idiocranium russeli Parker, 1936
Makamunu Assumbo caecilian
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1933
Rediscovered in 2012
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Cameroon (south-western)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Parker, H. W. (1936). The amphibians of Mamfe Division, Cameroons. I. Zoogeography. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 135-163.
Species bibliography:
Gower, David J., Kouete, MT, Doherty-Bone, TM, Ndeme, ES and Wilkinson, M. (2014). Rediscovery, natural history, and conservation status of Idiocranium russeli Parker, 1936 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae). Journal of Natural History 49(3-4): 233-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939733
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2014a). Idiocranium russeli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 November 2014.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2014b). Idiocranium russeli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T59567A16958167. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T59567A16958167.en. Accessed on 09 November 2022.
Marshall, Ashleigh F. et al. (2019). High-density three-dimensional morphometric analyses support conserved static (intraspecific) modularity in caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) crania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126(4): 721-742. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz001
Perret, J.-L. and Mertens, R. (1957). Revision du materiel herpetologique du Cameroun, etudie par A. Monard. Rev. Suisse Zool.: 73-78.
Theska, Tobias et al. (2018). Musculoskeletal development of the Central African caecilian Idiocranium russeli (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) and its bearing on the re-evolution of larvae in caecilian amphibians. Zoomorphology 138: 137-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-018-0420-0
Wake, M. H. (1986). The morphology of Idiocranium russeli (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), with comments on miniaturization through heterochrony. Journal of Morphology 189(1): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051890102
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