The Grandisoniidae are a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of common caecilians found in Africa, Seychelles and India.
Like other
caecilian
Caecilians (; ) are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics of ...
s, they superficially resemble worms or snakes. The family was formerly known as Indotyphlidae.
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Taxonomy
The genera in this family were originally placed in family Caeciliidae
Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes.
Although they are the most diverse of the caecilian families, the caeciliids do ha ...
. In 2011, the genera '' Gegeneophis'', '' Grandisonia'', '' Hypogeophis'', '' Idiocranium'', ''Indotyphlus
''Indotyphlus'' is a small genus of caecilians in the family Grandisoniidae. As caecilians in general, they superficially resemble earthworms. The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. They are sometimes known as Battersby's caecilian ...
'', '' Praslinia'' and ''Sylvacaecilia
''Sylvacaecilia'' is a monotypic genus of caecilian in the family Grandisoniidae. The only species is ''Sylvacaecilia grandisonae'', also known as the Aleku caecilian or Ethiopian caecilian. It is endemic to southwestern Ethiopia and known from ...
'' were segregated into family Indotyphlidae, named after the tribe Indotyphlini, which was used by Lescure et al (1986) for the Indian genera, ''Gegeneophis'' and ''Indotyphlus''.[Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 1–738][
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Genera and species
*Genus '' Gegeneophis''
**'' Gegeneophis carnosus''
**''Gegeneophis danieli
''Gegeneophis danieli'', the Amboli caecilian or Daniel's caecilian, is a species of caecilians in the family Indotyphlidae. It was discovered from near Amboli in Western Ghats of Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a stat ...
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**'' Gegeneophis goaensis''
**''Gegeneophis krishni
''Gegeneophis krishni'', the Gurupur caecilian, is a species of caecilian found in India. It is only known from its Type locality (biology), type locality Gurupur, near Mangalore in Karnataka, India.
References
Gegeneophis, krishni
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**''Gegeneophis madhavai
''Gegeneophis madhavai'', the Mudur caecilian, is a species of caecilian found in India. It is only known from its Type locality (biology), type locality Mudur village, Kundapura Taluk in Udupi district in Karnataka.
References
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**'' Gegeniophis mhadeiensis''
**'' Gegeneophis orientalis''
**''Gegeneophis pareshi
''Gegeneophis'' is a genus of amphibians in the family Grandisoniidae
The Grandisoniidae are a family of common caecilians found in Africa, Seychelles and India. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes. The family w ...
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**'' Gegeneophis primus''
**'' Gegeneophis ramaswamii''
**'' Gegeneophis seshachari''
**'' Gegeneophis tejaswini''
*Genus '' Grandisonia''
**'' Grandisonia alternans''
**''Grandisonia larvata
''Grandisonia larvata'' is a species of caecilian in the family Indotyphlidae, endemic to the Seychelles islands of Mahé, Praslin, La Digue, and Silhouette
A silhouette ( , ) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as ...
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**''Grandisonia sechellensis
''Grandisonia sechellensis'' is a species of caecilian in the family Indotyphlidae. It is endemic to the Seychelles islands of Mahé, Praslin, and Silhouette
A silhouette ( , ) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented a ...
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*Genus '' Hypogeophis''
**''Hypogeophis brevis
''Hypogeophis brevis'' is a species of caecilian formerly included in the genus '' Grandisonia'' and found on the islands of Mahé and Silhouette in the Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link= ...
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**''Hypogeophis montanus
''Hypogeophis'' is a genus of caecilians in the family Grandisoniidae. The genus consists of four species, all endemic to parts of the Seychelles Archipelago.
Species
The genus has four recognized species:
* '' Hypogeophis brevis''
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**''Hypogeophis pti
''Hypogeophis'' is a genus of caecilians in the family Grandisoniidae. The genus consists of four species, all endemic to parts of the Seychelles Archipelago.
Species
The genus has four recognized species:
* '' Hypogeophis brevis''
* '' Hypogeo ...
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**''Hypogeophis rostratus
The Frigate Island caecilian (''Hypogeophis rostratus'') is a species of amphibians in the family Indotyphlidae, endemic to Seychelles, where it is the most widespread caecilian species. It is found on all the islands with amphibians, namely Mah ...
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*Genus '' Idiocranium''
**''Idiocranium russeli
The Makumunu Assumbo caecilian (''Idiocranium russeli'') is a species of African caecilian in the family Grandisoniidae.
It is one of the smallest of caecilians, and is found in Cameroon. It is monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a ...
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*Genus ''Indotyphlus
''Indotyphlus'' is a small genus of caecilians in the family Grandisoniidae. As caecilians in general, they superficially resemble earthworms. The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. They are sometimes known as Battersby's caecilian ...
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**''Indotyphlus battersbyi
Battersby's caecilian (''Indotyphlus battersbyi'') is a slender species of caecilian endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It has a flesh-coloured body, making it look very much like a large earthworm.
Description
The eyes of Battersby's caecil ...
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**''Indotyphlus maharashtraensis
''Indotyphlus maharashtraensis'' is a species of caecilians described in 2004 by scientists of Bombay Natural History Society and the Natural History Museum, London. It is only the second species of ''Indotyphlus'' known to science, and only kn ...
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*Genus '' Praslinia''
**'' Praslinia cooperi''
*Genus ''Sylvacaecilia
''Sylvacaecilia'' is a monotypic genus of caecilian in the family Grandisoniidae. The only species is ''Sylvacaecilia grandisonae'', also known as the Aleku caecilian or Ethiopian caecilian. It is endemic to southwestern Ethiopia and known from ...
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**'' Sylvacaecilia grandisonae''
References
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*AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. eb application 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004
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