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Issue: Vol. 2650 No. 1: 19 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2650.1.6
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Rhinatrema Duméril & Bibron (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Amazonas, Brazil

Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Amphibia Brazil caecilians French Guiana Guiana Shield herpetology South America systematics taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of rhinatrematid caecilian, Rhinatrema ron sp. nov., is described based on a single specimen from the state of Amazonas in Brazil. The new species differs from other Rhinatrema in several features, including its larger size, different colouration, and distinctively plicate oral mucosa.

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