Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is a species that lives in the soil in montane
, submontane and
lowland forest
, but which also survives in cultivated areas and villages.
There are records
from Iringa town in the Udzungwa Mountains. If
its breeding is similar to that of other species of Scolecomorphus,
it is a viviparous species, not dependent
on water.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Auct.
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Psocodea
()
- Order:
Gymnophiona
()
- Shipley, 1904
- Suborder:
Psocomorpha
()
- Family:
Caeciliidae
()
-
- Subfamily:
Scolecomorphinae
()
- Genus:
Scolecomorphus
()
- Boulenger, 1883
- Specific name:
kirkii
- Boulenger, 1883
- Scientific name: - Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger, 1883
- Specific name:
kirkii
- Boulenger, 1883
- Genus:
Scolecomorphus
(
- Subfamily:
Scolecomorphinae
(
- Family:
Caeciliidae
(
- Suborder:
Psocomorpha
(
- Order:
Gymnophiona
(
- Superorder:
Psocodea
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
The specific status of the different populations needs assessment
(S. Loader pers. comm.
).[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Scolecomorphus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. uluguruensis (Nyingwa Caedilian) · S. vittatus (Banded Caecilian)
More Info
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- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 315, p. 366.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 117 1957 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 306, index to families, p. 330-331, page 330, p. 345, p. 347, p. 350, p. 400, p. 497, p. 500.
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url , p. 413, p. 427, p. 555.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Simon Loader, Lovemore Mazibuko, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Scolecomorphus kirkii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31309
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668576
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13802870
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668576
- IUCN ID: 241465
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666872
Footnotes
- Simon Loader, Lovemore Mazibuko, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Scolecomorphus kirkii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
