Notes on the Vertebrates of northern Pará, Brazil: a forgotten part of the Guianan Region, III. A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)

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https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v6i1.626

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Brazil, Guianan Region, Gymnophiona, Microcaecilia, New species

Abstract

A new species of Microcaecilia is described from the municipality of Óbidos, state of Pará, in the Brazilian part of the Guianan Region. The new species has a high number of secondary annuli, monocuspid vomeropalatine teeth, and other characteristics that together differentiate it from the other eight known species of the genus.

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04/25/2011

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011): Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais

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Maciel, A. O., & Hoogmoed, M. S. (2011). Notes on the Vertebrates of northern Pará, Brazil: a forgotten part of the Guianan Region, III. A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais, 6(1), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v6i1.626

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