Dermophis oaxacae (Mertens, 1930)
Oaxacan caecilian
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Gymnopis multiplicata oaxacae Mertens, 1930 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Last record: >35 years ago
Rediscovered in 2008 or before
IUCN RedList status: Least Concern
Distribution
Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mertens, R. (1930 "1929"). Beiträge zur Herpetologie Mexikos. IV. Bemerkungen über die von Herrn. Dr. L. Lafrentz in Mexiko gesammelten Amphibien und Reptilien. Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Museum für Natur- und Heimatkunde zu Magdeburg 6: 153-155.
Other references:
Gower, D. J. and Wilkinson, M. (2005). Conservation biology of caecilian amphibians. Conservation Biology 19(1): 45-55.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). Dermophis oaxacae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59546A53988584. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59546A53988584.en. Accessed on 09 November 2022.
Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo et al. (2022). New Distributional Records of the Herpetofauna of Southern and Western Mexico. Herpetological Review 53(3): 449-450.
Reyes-Velasco, J., Burkhardt, T., and J. M. Jones. (2008). Geographic distribution: Dermophis oaxacae. Herpetological Review 39: 480.
Reyes-Velasco, J., I.A. Hermosillo-López, C.I. Grünwald and O.A. Avila-López. 2009. New state records for amphibians and reptiles from Colima, Mexico. Herpetological Review 40: 117-120.
Santos-Barrera, G., Flores-Villela, O., Canseco-Márquez, L., Wilkinson, M., Wake, M. & Ponce-Campos, P. (2008). Dermophis oaxacae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T59546A11961595. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T59546A11961595.en. Downloaded on 10 October 2015.
Savage, J. M. and Wake, M. H. (1972). Geographic variation and systematics of the Middle American caecilians, genera Dermophis and Gymnopis. Copeia: 680-695.
Savage, J. M. and Wake, M. H. (2001). Reevaluation of the status of taxa of Central American caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), with comments on their origin and evolution. Copeia: 52-64.
Taylor, E. H. (1968). The Caecilians of the World. A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
Wake, Marvalee H. (1998). Dermophis oaxacae (Mertens). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles: 1-2.
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