Microcaecilia butantan Wilkinson, Antoniazzi, and Jared, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Siphonopidae > Genus: Microcaecilia > Species: Microcaecilia butantan

Microcaecilia butantan Wilkinson, Antoniazzi, and Jared, 2015, Zootaxa, 3905: 426. Holotype: MZUSP 143389, by original designation. Type locality: "dug from soil in a cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum) plantation within APA (Área de Proteção Ambiental) Aramanaí [237′ 7.96″ S, 5457′ 44.16″ W, 152m asl], municipality of Belterra, Pará", Brazil. Zoobank publication registration: BFAAC11D-EAC3-48D6-9D63-251AF8C4AC5C 

English Names

Butantan microcaecilia (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the immediate vicinity of the type locality (Área de Proteção Ambiental Aramanaí, municipality of Belterra, Pará, Brazil, 152 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

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