New record and geographic distribution map of Microcaecilia taylori Nussbaum and Hoogmoed, 1979 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) with notes on size and natural history

By

Dourado, Ângelo Cortez Moreira
Monteiro Junior, Cândido Rodrigues
Maciel, Adriano Oliveira

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011-12-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

7

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

845--845

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/7.6.845

 

Abstract

Microcaecilia taylori is known to occur from the Guianan region to south of the Amazon in the state of Pará, Brazil. Here we provide a new locality record for the species, east of the Tocantins River, 190 km from the nearest record. The specimen was active under the leaf litter in daylight and is the largest specimen of M. taylori recorded to date.