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Microcaecilia nicefori (Barbour, 1924)
Gymnophis nicefori Barbour, 1924, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 37: 125. Holotype: MCZ 9609, by original designation. Type locality: "Honda, [Magdalena Valley, Caribbean drainage, Tolima,] Colombia".
Parvicaecilia nicefori — Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 546.
Microcaecilia nicefori — Wilkinson, O'Connor, and Nussbaum, 2013, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 744: 7.
Common Names
Honda Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 24).
Distribution
Central Magdalena Valley of northern Colombia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Colombia
Endemic: Colombia
Comment
Lynch, 2000 "1999", Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 23: 330, commented on the distribution and variation.
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