Dermophis mexicanus

Dermophis mexicanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Dermophiidae
Genus: Dermophis
Species:
D. mexicanus
Binomial name
Dermophis mexicanus
Synonyms[2]
  • Siphonops mexicanus
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1841
  • Amphisbaena versatilis
    Gray, 1850
  • Dermophis mexicanus
    — W. Peters, 1880
  • Gymnophis clarki
    Dunn, 1928
  • Dermophis eburatus
    Taylor, 1968
  • Dermophis septentrionalis
    Taylor, 1968
  • Gymnophis mexicanus
    — Dubois, Ohler & Pyron, 2021

Dermophis mexicanus, also known commonly as the Mexican burrowing caecilian or the Mexican caecilian, and locally as the tapalcua or tepelcua, is a species of limbless amphibian in the family Dermophiidae. The species is native to Mexico and Central America, where it burrows under leaf litter and plant debris.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Dermophis mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59545A53988419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59545A53988419.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Dermophis mexicanus ". Amphibian Species of the World 6.1, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History.