First record of Caecilia guntheri Dunn, 1942 (Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae) in Central America

By

Elizondo-Lara, Luis Carlos

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-4-13

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

649--653

Subjects

Amphibians , biotic exchange , Cerro Pirre , Darien , disjunct distribution , Panama

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.2.649

 

Abstract

I report the first encounter in Central America of an individual of Caecilia guntheri Dunn, 1942 (Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae). The individual was observed and collected in a primary evergreen submontane forest in Cerro Pirre, Darien Province, Republic of Panama. It was identified mainly by the low counts of secondary and primary folds. The encounter of this individual of C. guntheri highlights the disjunct populations and apparently the results of dispersion of this species from South to Central America by biotic exchange as result of the closure of the Isthmus of Panama.