AmphibiaWeb - Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis


Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis (Lütken, 1851) São Paulo Caecilian	family: Siphonopidae genus: Luetkenotyphlus
Species Description: Mott, T., De Moura, M. R., Maciel, A. O., & Feio, R. N. (2011). Variação Morfológica e Distribuição Geográfica de Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae). Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 10(2), 153. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v10i2p153-163
Etymology: The genus for Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis was named by Christian Frederik Lütken, the scientist who first described this species in 1852. At the time, L. brasiliensis was place in the Siphonops genus, and as the only member of the genus that had been found in Brazil, was named as such (Nussbaum 1986).

Conservation Status (definitions)

IUCN Red List Status Account	Data Deficient (DD)
CITES	No CITES Listing
National Status	None
Regional Status	None
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	View Bd and Bsal data (4 records).