Amazops amazops Wilkinson, Reynolds, and Jacobs, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Rhinatrematidae > Genus: Amazops > Species: Amazops amazops

Amazops amazops Wilkinson, Reynolds, and Jacobs, 2021, Herpetol. J., 31: 28. Holotype: USNM 320729, by original designation. Type locality: "Finca Virgen La Dolores, at km 57 sign on Hollin–Loreto Road (E20), Orellana, Ecuador, c. 0 degrees 43′ 50″ South and 77 degrees 30′ 25″ West, and c. 1000 m above sea level". See comment. Zoobank publication registration: AAEC6E06-7A44-431A-9E0C-4E2128BB1381

Common Names

Amazonian-tailed Caecilian (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: xxxi)

Ilulo Colilarga Amazónico (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: xxxi).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Finca Virgen La Dolores on Hollin–Loreto Roads, E20, Orellana, Ecuador, ca. 1000 m elevation).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

 Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: 342–343, provided an account which summarized identification, morphology, systematics, natural history, distribution (including a dot map for Ecuador, reporting the province of the type locality as Napo and the elevation as 845 m), and conservation.

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