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Herpele

Herpele squalostoma, female with her young

Scientific classification Edit this classification

Domain:

Eukaryota

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Amphibia

Order:

Gymnophiona

Clade:

Apoda

Family:

Herpelidae

Genus:

Herpele
Peters, 1880

Type species

Caecilia squalostoma

Stutchbury, 1834

Species

See text

Herpele is a genusofcaecilians in the family Herpelidae. They are endemic to Central and Western Africa (from southeastern Nigeria east to western Central African Republic and south to western Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly to Angola).[1]

At least Herpele squalostoma is probably oviparous and provides parental care: the young feed on their mother's skin (they are "dermatophagous").[2]

Species[edit]

There are two recognized species:[1]

Binomial name and authority

Common name

Herpele multiplicata Nieden, 1912

Victoria caecilian

Herpele squalostoma (Stutchbury, 1836)

Congo caecilian

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Herpele Peters, 1880". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  • ^ Kouete, M. T.; Wilkinson, M.; Gower, D. J. (2012). "First reproductive observations for Herpele Peters, 1880 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Herpelidae): evidence of extended parental care and maternal dermatophagy in H. squalostoma (Stutchbury, 1836)". ISRN Zoology. 2012: 269690. doi:10.5402/2012/269690.
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Clade: Osteichthyes
  • Clade: Sarcopterygii
  • Clade: Tetrapoda
  • Batrachomorpha / Temnospondyli

    Dissorophoidea

    Lissamphibia

      • see below↓

    Lissamphibia

  • Wesserpeton
  • Yaksha
  • Albanerpeton inexpectatum

    Eocaecilia micropodia Triassurus sixtelae

    Triadobatrachus massinoti

    Gymnophionomorpha (caecilians total group)

  • Funcusvermis
  • Rubricacaecilia
  • Chinlestegophis?
  • Albanerpetontidae?
  • Gymnophiona (caecilians crown group)

    Stegokrotaphia

    Teresomata

    Scolecomorphidae (buried-eyed caecilians)

  • Scolecomorphus
  • Chikilidae (Northeast Indian caecilians)

    Herpelidae (African caecilians)

  • Herpele
  • Typhlonectidae (aquatic caecilians)

  • Chthonerpeton
  • Nectocaecilia
  • Potamotyphlus
  • Typhlonectes
  • Ymboirana
  • Caeciliidae (common caecilians)

  • Caecilia
  • Oscaecilia
  • Grandisoniidae (Indo-African caecilians)

  • Grandisonia
  • Hypogeophis
  • Idiocranium
  • Indotyphlus
  • Praslinia
  • Sylvacaecilia
  • Dermophiidae (Neotropical caecilians)

  • Geotrypetes
  • Gymnopis
  • Schistometopum
  • Siphonopidae (South American caecilians)

  • Luetkenotyphlus
  • Microcaecilia
  • Mimosiphonops
  • Siphonops
  • Karauridae

  • Kokartus
  • Kuzbassia
  • Marmorerpeton
  • Batrachosauroididae

  • Opisthotriton
  • Palaeoproteus
  • Parrisia
  • Peratosauroides
  • Prodesmodon
  • Urodela (salamanders crown group)

      • 115 genera

    Salientia
    (frogs
    total group)

  • Notobatrachus
  • Prosalirus
  • Triadobatrachus
  • Vieraella
  • Anura (frogs crown group)

      • several hundred genera

    Herpele

  • Wikispecies: Herpele
  • ADW: Herpele
  • ASW: Herpele
  • BOLD: 669760
  • EoL: 42883
  • GBIF: 2430919
  • iNaturalist: 27996
  • IRMNG: 1106070
  • ITIS: 208539
  • NCBI: 118253
  • Paleobiology Database: 394217
  • Plazi: EB2187D1-F01D-FFC4-FF08-FCF0FCF53E7B
  • uBio: 31727

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  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herpele&oldid=1212724480"

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