Neotropical and Afrotropical Caecilians
Dermophiidae
The Dermophiidae are a family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America, and Africa. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Wet Forest Caecilians
genusGymnopis
Neotropical Caecilians
genusDermophis
Tropical African Caecilians
genusSchistometopum
West African Caecilians
genusGeotrypetes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 336809.