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Oscaecilia elongata (Dunn, 1942)
Caecilia elongata Dunn, 1942, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 91: 527. Holotype: ZSM 1327/0 (one of two specimens under this number); destroyed during World War II according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 605, and Glaw and Franzen, 2006, Spixiana, München, 29: 155. Type locality: "Panama"; see Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 605, for discussion.
Oscaecilia elongata — Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 598.
Common Names
Yavisa Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 24).
Distribution
Known from Yavisa, Darién, and Los Algarrobos, Chiriquí, both in Panama.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Panama
Endemic: Panama
Comment
This species was compared with other Central American ones by Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 34–35.
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