South American Caecilians
Siphonopidae
The Siphonopidae are the family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Ringed Caecilians
genusSiphonops
Tiny Caecilians
genusMicrocaecilia
Sao Paulo Caecilians
genusLuetkenotyphlus
Brazilian Caecilians
genusBrasilotyphlus
Worm-patterned Caecilians
genusMimosiphonops
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 476991.