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.
</emphasis>
UVC 7686, an adult female obtained by Liliana Peláez at Estero San Antonio, corregimiento
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, vereda Robles, municipio
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,
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,
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,
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a.s.l. (
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<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF828D70819B1EEB7C14F848" blockId="1.[151,1436,1724,2038]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF828D70819B1EEB7F21F810" bold="true" box="[199,353,1940,1966]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">Distribution.</emphasis>
Currently
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF828D7080841EEB7CF0F810" box="[472,688,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF828D7083EA1EEB7D4FF810" bold="true" box="[694,783,1940,1966]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF828D7083EA1EEB7D4FF810" box="[694,783,1940,1966]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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is known only from the
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and
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localities of southwestern
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in the Pacific lowlands of the Litoral Pacífico, in Tumaco, and from Estero San Carlos, El Charco,
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, between
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10
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.a.s.l.
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<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF818D7381CB1EE87F6DF86D" blockId="2.[151,1436,1943,2004]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF818D7381CB1EE87F53F811" bold="true" box="[151,275,1943,1967]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF818D7380C71EE77C1FF80E" box="[411,607,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF818D73833A1EE77CF6F80E" bold="true" box="[614,694,1944,1968]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF818D73833A1EE77CF6F80E" box="[614,694,1944,1968]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(ICN 58477) in approximately A) ventral and B) dorsal views. Scale bar equals 10 mm.
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<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF808D7281CB1D1C7C8DFB21" blockId="3.[151,1436,1123,1184]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7281CB1D1C7F53FBC5" bold="true" box="[151,275,1123,1147]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Head, collars and anterior of body of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282651D1C7DBEFBC5" box="[825,1022,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7285581D1B7A15FBC2" bold="true" box="[1028,1109,1124,1148]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF808D7285581D1B7A15FBC2" box="[1028,1109,1124,1148]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(ICN 58477) in A) right lateral, B) dorsal, and C) ventral views. Scale bar equals 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C30B652AFF808D76819B1DB27B3EF983" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="201" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF808D72819B1DB27C2CFAEA" blockId="3.[151,1437,1229,2012]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72819B1DB27F02FB59" bold="true" box="[199,322,1229,1255]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7280111DB17C6AFB56" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[333,554,1230,1256]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7280111DB17C6AFB56" box="[333,554,1230,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72836A1DB17CD4FB56" bold="true" box="[566,660,1230,1256]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF808D72836A1DB17CD4FB56" box="[566,660,1230,1256]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72826A1DB17D09FB56" box="[822,841,1230,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282071DB17D88FB56" box="[859,968,1230,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">atelolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7282871DB17B4BFB59" authority="Taylor, 1968" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[987,1291,1229,1256]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="attenuata">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282871DB17A2AFB59" box="[987,1130,1230,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. attenuata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B50FF808D72852A1DB17B4BFB59" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[1142,1291,1229,1256]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" refId="ref6271" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1968) The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 848 pp." type="book" year="1968">Taylor, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7284461DB17BD6FB56" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[1306,1430,1230,1256]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caribea">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7284461DB17BD6FB56" box="[1306,1430,1230,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. caribea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7281CB1D8D7F8FFAB5" authority="Taylor, 1968" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[151,463,1265,1292]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="corpulenta">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7281CB1D8D7F73FAB2" box="[151,307,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. corpulenta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B50FF808D7280611D8D7F8FFAB5" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[317,463,1265,1292]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" refId="ref6271" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1968) The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 848 pp." type="book" year="1968">Taylor, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7280811D8D7D76FAB5" authority="Taylor, 1968" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[477,822,1265,1292]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassisquama">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7280811D8D7CDAFAB5" box="[477,666,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. crassisquama</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B50FF808D7283FF1D8D7D76FAB5" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[675,822,1265,1292]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" refId="ref6271" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1968) The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 848 pp." type="book" year="1968">Taylor, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D72821F1D8D7DA4FAB2" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[835,996,1266,1292]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="degenerata">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72821F1D8D7DA4FAB2" box="[835,996,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. degenerata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7282A81D8D7A36FAB2" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[1012,1142,1266,1292]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guntheri">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282A81D8D7A36FAB2" box="[1012,1142,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. guntheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7285DA1D8D7B35FAB2" authority="Taylor, 1973" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1973" box="[1158,1397,1266,1292]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inca">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7285DA1D8D7A99FAB5" box="[1158,1241,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. inca</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B50FF808D7285BE1D8D7B35FAB2" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[1250,1397,1266,1292]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" pagination="187 - 231" refId="ref6302" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1973) A Caecilian miscellany. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 50, 187 - 231. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 25759" type="journal article" year="1973">Taylor, 1973</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7284DF1D8D7F5DFA8E" authorityName="Fernandez-Roldan, Lynch &amp; Medina-Rangel" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrodonta">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7284DF1D8D7BD6FAB2" box="[1411,1430,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7281CB1C697F5DFA8E" box="[151,285,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">macrodonta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7280701C697F94FA8E" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[300,468,1302,1328]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7280701C697F94FA8E" box="[300,468,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7280BE1C697C2EFA8E" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[482,622,1302,1328]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7280BE1C697C2EFA8E" box="[482,622,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7283201C697D9AFA8E" authority="(Gunther, 1859)" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1859" box="[636,986,1301,1328]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachynema">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7283201C697D5DFA8E" box="[636,797,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. pachynema</emphasis>
(Günther, 1859)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7282BA1C697AF4FA8E" authorityName="Acosta-Galvis, Torres, &amp; Pulido-Santacruz" authorityYear="2019" box="[998,1204,1302,1328]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulchraserrana">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282BA1C697AF4FA8E" box="[998,1204,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. pulchraserrana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7285AE1C697BDCFA8E" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[1266,1436,1302,1328]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subdermalis">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7285AE1C697BDCFA8E" box="[1266,1436,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. subdermalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having (vs lacking) secondary grooves.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF808D72819B1C217A8AF9CA" blockId="3.[151,1437,1229,2012]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D72819B1C217FE1FAC6" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[199,417,1374,1400]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72819B1C217FE1FAC6" box="[199,417,1374,1400]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7280F51C217C44FAC6" bold="true" box="[425,516,1374,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF808D7280F51C217C44FAC6" box="[425,516,1374,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from congeners that have secondary annular grooves as follows.
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7284611C217FCDFA25" authority="Taylor, 1968" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="disossea">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7284611C217EB6FA22" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Caecilia disossea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B50FF808D7281A21CFD7FCDFA25" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[254,397,1409,1436]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" refId="ref6271" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1968) The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 848 pp." type="book" year="1968">Taylor, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(216262 primary grooves and 1634 secondary grooves) is the only member of the genus that has more primary and fewer secondary grooves than
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7282441CD97DEBFA7E" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[792,939,1446,1472]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282441CD97DEBFA7E" box="[792,939,1446,1472]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282EE1CD97A4BFA7E" bold="true" box="[946,1035,1446,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF808D7282EE1CD97A4BFA7E" box="[946,1035,1446,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(190195 primary grooves and 51 71 secondary grooves).
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7280FA1CB57C07FA5D" authorityName="Fernandez-Roldan &amp; Rueda-Almonacid" authorityYear="2022" box="[422,583,1482,1508]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aprix">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7280FA1CB57C07FA5D" box="[422,583,1482,1508]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Caecilia aprix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has more primary grooves (234) but an overlapping secondary groove count (58) with the new species.
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D72835E1C917CADF9B6" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[514,749,1518,1544]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bokermanni">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72835E1C917CADF9B6" box="[514,749,1518,1544]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Caecilia bokermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(180192 primary grooves and 1521 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7284DF1C917F39F992" authority="Shaw, 1802" authorityName="Shaw" authorityYear="1802" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7284DF1C917EADF992" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. gracilis</emphasis>
Shaw, 1802
</taxonomicName>
(183204 primary grooves and 1121 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7285431F6D7A88F992" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[1055,1224,1554,1580]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7285431F6D7A88F992" box="[1055,1224,1554,1580]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(186221 primary grooves and 015 secondary grooves), and
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7283271F497D50F9EE" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1902" box="[635,784,1590,1616]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thompsoni">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7283271F497D50F9EE" box="[635,784,1590,1616]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. thompsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(187240 primary grooves and 2642 secondary grooves) have overlapping counts of primary grooves and fewer secondary grooves than the new species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF808D75819B1F017A94FF47" blockId="3.[151,1437,1229,2012]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,150,249]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="198" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D72819B1F017FDEF926" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[199,414,1662,1688]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72819B1F017FDEF926" box="[199,414,1662,1688]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7280F81F017FBCF926" bold="true" box="[420,508,1662,1688]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF808D7280F81F017FBCF926" box="[420,508,1662,1688]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has more primary annular grooves than
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7282EA1F017A8DF926" authority="Dunn, 1942" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[950,1229,1662,1688]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="abitaguae">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282EA1F017D89F926" box="[950,969,1662,1688]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282891F017A05F926" box="[981,1093,1662,1688]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">abitaguae</emphasis>
Dunn, 1942
</taxonomicName>
(137148 primary grooves and 05 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7283631FDD7D37F902" authority="Daudin, 1803" authorityName="Daudin" authorityYear="1803" box="[575,887,1698,1724]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albiventris">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7283631FDD7C98F902" box="[575,728,1698,1724]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. albiventris</emphasis>
Daudin, 1803
</taxonomicName>
(144147 primary grooves and 4553 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7280541FB97F8DF961" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[264,461,1734,1760]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antioquiaensis">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7280541FB97F8DF961" box="[264,461,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. antioquiaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(171 primary grooves and 4 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D72855D1FB97B41F95E" authority="Dunn, 1942" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[1025,1281,1734,1760]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="armata">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72855D1FB97A34F961" box="[1025,1140,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. armata</emphasis>
Dunn, 1942
</taxonomicName>
(186 primary grooves and 92 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D72836E1F957D28F8BA" authority="Hershkovitz, 1938" authorityName="Hershkovitz" authorityYear="1938" box="[562,872,1770,1796]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dunni">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72836E1F957CD2F8BA" box="[562,658,1770,1796]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. dunni</emphasis>
Hershkovitz, 1938
</taxonomicName>
(124 primary grooves and 67 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7281CB1E717F37F896" authorityName="Fernandez-Roldan, Lynch &amp; Medina-Rangel" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,375,1806,1832]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="epicrionopsoides">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7281CB1E717EEAF896" box="[151,170,1806,1832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7281E41E717F37F896" box="[184,375,1806,1832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">epicrionopsoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(139163 primary grooves, 2140 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7282B71E717BDCF899" authority="Roze &amp; Solano, 1963" authorityName="Roze &amp; Solano" authorityYear="1963" box="[1003,1436,1805,1832]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavopunctata">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7282B71E717AE5F896" box="[1003,1189,1806,1832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. flavopunctata</emphasis>
Roze &amp; Solano, 1963
</taxonomicName>
(155 primary grooves and 27 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7283B51E4D7D2DF8F2" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[745,877,1842,1868]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guntheri">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7283B51E4D7D2DF8F2" box="[745,877,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. guntheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(111132 primary grooves and 010 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D72805A1E297FC5F8CE" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1877" box="[262,389,1878,1904]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="isthmica">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D72805A1E297FC5F8CE" box="[262,389,1878,1904]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. isthmica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(131147 primary grooves and 1221 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7285451E297A8DF8CE" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[1049,1229,1878,1904]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucocephala">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7285451E297A8DF8CE" box="[1049,1229,1878,1904]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. leucocephala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(118142 primary grooves and 1745 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7283051E057D2CF82A" authority="Taylor, 1973" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1973" box="[601,876,1914,1940]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mertensi">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7283051E057C99F82D" box="[601,729,1914,1940]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. mertensi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B50FF808D7283831E057D2CF82A" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[735,876,1914,1940]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" pagination="187 - 231" refId="ref6302" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1973) A Caecilian miscellany. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 50, 187 - 231. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 25759" type="journal article" year="1973">Taylor, 1973</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(142 primary grooves and 48 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7281CB1EE17CC5F806" authority="Maciel &amp; Hoogmoed, 2018" authorityName="Maciel &amp; Hoogmoed" authorityYear="2018" box="[151,645,1950,1976]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="museugoeldi">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7281CB1EE17F07F806" box="[151,327,1950,1976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. museugoeldi</emphasis>
Maciel &amp; Hoogmoed, 2018
</taxonomicName>
(152 primary grooves and 26 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7285941EE17B13F809" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[1224,1363,1950,1976]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricans">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7285941EE17B13F809" box="[1224,1363,1950,1976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. nigricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(157 189 primary grooves and 3262 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF808D7283A51EBD7D2BF862" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[761,875,1986,2012]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perdita">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF808D7283A51EBD7D2BF862" box="[761,875,1986,2012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">C. perdita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(139152 primary grooves and 6483 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D75805B19E87FF8FF0F" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[263,440,151,177]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subnigricans">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75805B19E87FF8FF0F" box="[263,440,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. subnigricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(151161 primary grooves and 1731 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D75850C19E87BDCFF0F" authority="Taylor, 1968" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1968" box="[1104,1436,151,177]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subterminalis">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75850C19E87B48FF0F" box="[1104,1288,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. subterminalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B50FF878D75845319E87BDCFF0F" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[1295,1436,151,177]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" refId="ref6271" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1968) The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 848 pp." type="book" year="1968">Taylor, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(170 primary grooves and 16 secondary grooves),
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D75838D19C47D31FF6B" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[721,881,187,213]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tentaculata">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75838D19C47D31FF6B" box="[721,881,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. tentaculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(122137 primary grooves and 3042 secondary grooves), and
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D75806B19A07C7EFF47" authority="Taylor, 1969" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1969" box="[311,574,223,249]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="volcani">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75806B19A07FE9FF47" box="[311,425,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. volcani</emphasis>
Taylor, 1969
</taxonomicName>
(112124 primary grooves and 1432 secondary grooves).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF878D7581CB1DB07CB7FAB4" blockId="4.[151,1436,1231,1291]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7581CB1DB07F52FB59" bold="true" box="[151,274,1231,1255]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Terminus, vent, and posterior end of body of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D7582261DB07A7DFB59" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[890,1085,1231,1255]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7582261DB07A7DFB59" box="[890,1085,1231,1255]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75851F1DB07AD3FB59" bold="true" box="[1091,1171,1231,1255]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF878D75851F1DB07AD3FB59" box="[1091,1171,1231,1255]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(ICN 58477) in A) dorsal, B) left lateral, and C) ventral views. Scale bar equals 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF878D75819B1C467CE6F9CD" blockId="4.[151,1437,1337,2011]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D75819B1C467FD8FAED" authorityName="Dunn" authorityYear="1942" box="[199,408,1337,1363]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricans">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75819B1C467FD8FAED" box="[199,408,1337,1363]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Caecilia nigricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(159195 primary grooves, 2765 secondary grooves, length in width 32.680.4 times)— another species from the Pacific lowlands and Cordillera Occidental of
<collectingCountry id="F3067631FF878D7582B81C227A13FAC9" box="[996,1107,1373,1399]" name="Colombia" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Colombia</collectingCountry>
—has overlapping counts of primary and secondary grooves, and attenuation index values with
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D7582241CFE7A4AFA25" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[888,1034,1409,1435]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7582241CFE7A4AFA25" box="[888,1034,1409,1435]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75854C1CFE7A28FA25" bold="true" box="[1040,1128,1409,1435]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF878D75854C1CFE7A28FA25" box="[1040,1128,1409,1435]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(190195 primary grooves, 5171 secondary grooves, length in width 65.674.7 times), but
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7582321CDA7DB9FA01" box="[878,1017,1445,1471]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. nigricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a terminal shield or cap at the posterior end of the body that is barely interrupted dorsoventrally by the last few grooves of the body vs an entirely segmented terminal portion of the body in the new species, meaning that only the small disk and vent are free of grooves in
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D75804A1F6E7FEBF995" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[278,427,1553,1579]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75804A1F6E7FEBF995" box="[278,427,1553,1579]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7580EF1F6E7C4DF995" bold="true" box="[435,525,1553,1579]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF878D7580EF1F6E7C4DF995" box="[435,525,1553,1579]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
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,
<figureCitation id="132A2A24FF878D7583271F6E7CCBF995" box="[635,651,1553,1579]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1958,1982]" captionTargetBox="[201,1377,1139,1935]" captionTargetId="figure-53@6.[201,1386,1132,1935]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 6. Terminus, vent, and posterior of body of the paratype of Caecilia wilkinsoni sp. nov. (UVC 7686) in A) right lateral, B) ventral, and C) dorsal views. Scale bar equals 5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7850604" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7850604/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">6</figureCitation>
). Dermal scales obtained at the posterior end of the body of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7584611F6E7F41F9F1" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Caecilia nigricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are subcircular vs subrectangular in
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7583C01F4A7D6FF9F1" box="[668,815,1589,1615]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75826A1F4A7DCFF9F1" bold="true" box="[822,911,1589,1615]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF878D75826A1F4A7DCFF9F1" box="[822,911,1589,1615]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Moreover, in life,
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75853C1F4A7B70F9F1" box="[1120,1328,1589,1615]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Caecilia nigricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is mostly blue but
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7581A51F267FCDF9CD" box="[249,397,1625,1651]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7580C81F267FAEF9CD" bold="true" box="[404,494,1625,1651]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF878D7580C81F267FAEF9CD" box="[404,494,1625,1651]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is mostly black.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF878D75819B1F027D5EF865" blockId="4.[151,1437,1337,2011]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
The new species is readily differentiated from
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D7583891F027D2EF929" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1973" box="[725,878,1661,1687]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuissima">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7583891F027D2EF929" box="[725,878,1661,1687]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having many more secondary grooves (5171 vs 9). In addition, the new species has a head that is narrower than its mid-body width (vs noticeably wider than the body in
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D7581A81FBA7C1EF961" authority="Taylor, 1973: 221" authorityName="Taylor" authorityPageNumber="221" authorityYear="1973" box="[244,606,1733,1759]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuissima">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7581A81FBA7FCDF961" box="[244,397,1733,1759]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. tenuissima</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B50FF878D7580C81FBA7C1EF961" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[404,606,1733,1759]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" pagination="187 - 231" refId="ref6302" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1973) A Caecilian miscellany. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 50, 187 - 231. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 25759" type="journal article" year="1973">Taylor, 1973: 221</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, fig. 32); though in our experience a head much wider than mid-body is a rare condition within the genus, and the
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of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75838A1F967D2DF8BD" box="[726,877,1769,1795]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be somewhat desiccated from available photographs, suggesting this condition might be artefactual. Another difference between the species might be that in
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7581CB1E4E7F70F8F5" box="[151,304,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the eye is not visible externally, while in
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D7582581E4E7DD8F8F5" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[772,920,1841,1867]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7582581E4E7DD8F8F5" box="[772,920,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7582C31E4E7DB9F8F5" bold="true" box="[927,1017,1841,1867]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF878D7582C31E4E7DB9F8F5" box="[927,1017,1841,1867]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
the eye is visible through translucent epidermis. There are no transverse grooves on the collars of
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D75820B1E2A7DB2F8D1" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1973" box="[855,1010,1877,1903]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuissima">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75820B1E2A7DB2F8D1" box="[855,1010,1877,1903]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
according to the original description (
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) but
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7580301E067C40F82D" box="[364,512,1913,1939]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7583541E067C23F82D" bold="true" box="[520,611,1913,1939]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF878D7583541E067C23F82D" box="[520,611,1913,1939]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has well-defined transverse grooves present on both collars. Squamation also differs between these two species, in that
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7583FE1EE27D7BF809" box="[674,827,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has dermal scales only towards the terminus while
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF878D7584DF1EE27F4AF865" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D7584DF1EE27F4AF865" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">C. wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF878D75804D1EBE7F2BF865" bold="true" box="[273,363,1985,2011]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF878D75804D1EBE7F2BF865" box="[273,363,1985,2011]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has dermal scales throughout its body.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF868D7481CB1EE87C65F86D" blockId="5.[151,1436,1943,2004]" pageId="5" pageNumber="199">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF868D7481CB1EE87F53F811" bold="true" box="[151,275,1943,1967]" pageId="5" pageNumber="199">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
General body view of the paratype of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF868D7483CB1EE77D1BF80E" box="[663,859,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="199">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF868D74823D1EE77DF1F80E" bold="true" box="[865,945,1944,1968]" pageId="5" pageNumber="199">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF868D74823D1EE77DF1F80E" box="[865,945,1944,1968]" pageId="5" pageNumber="199" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(UVC 7686) in approximately A) dorsal, and B) ventral views. Scale bar equals 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF858D7781CB1D687C8DFBED" blockId="6.[151,1436,1047,1107]" pageId="6" pageNumber="200">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF858D7781CB1D687F53FB91" bold="true" box="[151,275,1047,1071]" pageId="6" pageNumber="200">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Head, collars, and anterior of body of the paratype of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF858D7782611D687A41FB91" box="[829,1025,1047,1071]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="200">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF858D7785541D687A19FB91" bold="true" box="[1032,1113,1047,1071]" pageId="6" pageNumber="200">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF858D7785541D687A19FB91" box="[1032,1113,1047,1071]" pageId="6" pageNumber="200" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(UVC 7686) in A) right lateral, B) ventral, and C) dorsal views. Scale bar equals 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF858D7781CB1ED97C8DF85C" blockId="6.[151,1436,1958,2019]" pageId="6" pageNumber="200">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF858D7781CB1ED97F52F800" bold="true" box="[151,274,1958,1982]" pageId="6" pageNumber="200">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Terminus, vent, and posterior of body of the paratype of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF858D7782151ED87A4CF801" box="[841,1036,1959,1983]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="200">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF858D77854E1ED87A21F801" bold="true" box="[1042,1121,1959,1983]" pageId="6" pageNumber="200">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF858D77854E1ED87A21F801" box="[1042,1121,1959,1983]" pageId="6" pageNumber="200" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(UVC 7686) in A) right lateral, B) ventral, and C) dorsal views. Scale bar equals 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF848D7681CB1C7B7A60FAFF" blockId="7.[151,1437,1284,1345]" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF848D7681CB1C7B7F55FAA3" bold="true" box="[151,277,1284,1309]" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
General view of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF848D76832D1C7A7D7BFAA2" box="[625,827,1285,1309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">Caecilia tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 12353). The body has been fragmented into three pieces and the head is missing. Photograph by Jenna L. Welch at Smithsonian Institution.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BAE36A1FF848D76819B1C107B3EF983" blockId="7.[151,1437,1391,2029]" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF848D76819B1C107FE1FA37" authority="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch, 2023" authorityName="Fernández-Roldán &amp; Lynch" authorityYear="2023" box="[199,417,1391,1417]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="7" pageNumber="201" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilkinsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF848D76819B1C107FE1FA37" box="[199,417,1391,1417]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF848D7680F61C107C44FA37" bold="true" box="[426,516,1391,1417]" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657C8FF848D7680F61C107C44FA37" box="[426,516,1391,1417]" pageId="7" pageNumber="201" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(190195 primary grooves, 5171 secondary grooves, length in width 65.674.7 times) is superficially similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C114D22FF848D7680A11CEC7CD1FA13" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1902" box="[509,657,1427,1453]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Caecilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="7" pageNumber="201" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thompsoni">
<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF848D7680A11CEC7CD1FA13" box="[509,657,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">C. thompsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(187240 primary grooves, 2642 secondary grooves, length in width 62100 times), an endemic species of the
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Valley of
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and the adjacent Cordilleras Central and Oriental, as well as the largest caecilian in the World, achieving a notable total length of
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(
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). However, the new species has more secondary annular grooves than
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF848D7685671C807A90F9A7" box="[1083,1232,1535,1561]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">C. thompsoni</emphasis>
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(5171 vs 2642) and has small, flattened (not protruding) narial plugs on the tongue (vs protruding narial plugs in
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF848D7685851F5C7B2EF983" box="[1241,1390,1571,1597]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="201">C. thompsoni</emphasis>
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).
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Description of the
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.
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General condition of the specimen is good given that the individual was found dead, though it has two dorsal flesh wounds; one between primary grooves 116121 and another between primary grooves 157168. A ventral longitudinal incision was made between primary grooves 166188 to search for sexual organs, and a few dermal pockets towards the terminus were opened to search for dermal scales. An adult male with a total body length of
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and a mid-body width of
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, length divided by width 74.7 times. Head (
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) slightly narrower than body. In lateral view, top of head slightly vaulted (not straight), upper margins of the mouth very slightly concave, lower margins of the mouth straight. Snout blunt in dorsal view, rounded in ventral view, but generally pointed (bullet-like) in profile, it extends beyond the mouth by
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. Nostrils oval and broadening posteriorly, visible in dorsal view but not visible in ventral view, closer to tentacular opening than to eye, distance between nostril and tentacular opening
<quantity id="4CE99B44FF848D7683121EF47CE5F81B" box="[590,677,1931,1957]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="7" pageNumber="201" unit="mm" value="1.6">1.6 mm</quantity>
, distance between eye and nostril
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, distance between nostrils
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. Eyes small,
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in diameter, covered by translucent epidermis and clearly visible in dorsal and lateral view but not visible in ventral view. Eye lies closer to the commissure of the mouth (
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) than to the nostril (
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). Distance between eyes 5.0 mm, less than distance from tip of snout to eye level (
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). Tentacular opening circular in outline, elevated above the skin, positioned below and posterior to the nostril, closer to margin of the mouth than to the nostril, barely visible in dorsal view. Collars well defined, the first is smaller than the second and bears a short groove dorsally, the second collar bears two incomplete grooves dorsally and dorsolaterally. The first and second nuchal grooves are complete, but the third nuchal groove incomplete dorsally and ventrally. Body width is even from collars (
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) to mid-body, where it then begins to taper, reaching a minimum body width of
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at the fourth fifth of the total body length, before becoming abruptly stouter (
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) at the terminus, i.e. equivalent in width to the collars.
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF8B8D7981CB1ED67F53F87F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1961,1985]" pageId="8" pageNumber="202">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Geographic distribution of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF8B8D7983701ED67CB5F87F" box="[556,757,1961,1985]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="202">Caecilia tenuissima</emphasis>
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(red square) and
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(yellow circles).
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF8A8D7881CB19E87F42FF11" bold="true" box="[151,258,151,175]" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">TABLE 1</emphasis>
. Measurements and meristic data for the holotype (ICN 58477) and paratype (UVC 7686) of
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF8A8D78859319E87BDDFF11" box="[1231,1437,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Caecilia wilkinsoni</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF8A8D7880F5199B7CDBFF42" bold="true" box="[425,667,228,252]" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Characters/Specimens</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE199B7A23FF43" box="[1010,1123,228,253]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">ICN 58477</th>
<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B7199B7B19FF43" box="[1259,1369,228,253]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">UVC 7686</th>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF18717CDBFE99" box="[163,667,270,295]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Total length (mm)</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE18717A23FE99" box="[1010,1123,270,295]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">590</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B718717B19FE99" box="[1259,1369,270,295]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">650</td>
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<tr id="352134E3FF8A728E81FF18477B19FEEE" box="[163,1369,312,336]" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">
<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF18477CDBFEEE" box="[163,667,312,336]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Width at mid-body (mm)</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE18477A23FEEE" box="[1010,1123,312,336]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">7.9</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B718477B19FEEE" box="[1259,1369,312,336]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">9.9</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF181E7CDBFEC4" box="[163,667,353,378]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Length/width (times)</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE181E7A23FEC4" box="[1010,1123,353,378]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">74.7</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B7181E7B19FEC4" box="[1259,1369,353,378]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">65.6</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF18F47CDBFE1A" box="[163,667,395,420]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Snout projection (mm)</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE18F47A23FE1A" box="[1010,1123,395,420]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">2</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B718F47B19FE1A" box="[1259,1369,395,420]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">2.3</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF18CB7CDBFE73" box="[163,667,436,461]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Snout tip-eye level (mm)</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE18CB7A23FE73" box="[1010,1123,436,461]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">5.5</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B718CB7B19FE73" box="[1259,1369,436,461]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">5.2</td>
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<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE18A17A23FE49" box="[1010,1123,478,503]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">5.0</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B718A17B19FE49" box="[1259,1369,478,503]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">5.2</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1B777CDBFD9E" box="[163,667,520,544]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Eye-mouths commissure distance (mm)</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1B777A23FD9E" box="[1010,1123,520,544]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">4.2</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71B777B19FD9E" box="[1259,1369,520,544]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">3.8</td>
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<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1B4E7A23FDF4" box="[1010,1123,561,586]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">4.5</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71B4E7B19FDF4" box="[1259,1369,561,586]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">3.8</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1B247CDBFDCA" box="[163,667,603,628]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Eye-tentacular opening (mm)</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1B247A23FDCA" box="[1010,1123,603,628]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">4.1</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71B247B19FDCA" box="[1259,1369,603,628]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">3.9</td>
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<tr id="352134E3FF8A728E81FF1BFA7B19FD23" box="[163,1369,645,669]" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">
<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1BFA7CDBFD23" box="[163,667,645,669]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Nostril-tentacular opening (mm)</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1BFA7A23FD23" box="[1010,1123,645,669]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">1.6</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71BFA7B19FD23" box="[1259,1369,645,669]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">1.6</td>
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<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1BD07A23FD79" box="[1010,1123,687,711]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">2.8</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71BD07B19FD79" box="[1259,1369,687,711]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">2.8</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1BA77CDBFD4F" box="[163,667,728,753]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Anteriormost scale found at groove no.</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1BA77A23FD4F" box="[1010,1123,728,753]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">1</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71BA77B19FD4F" box="[1259,1369,728,753]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">1</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1A7E7CDBFCA4" box="[163,667,769,794]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Primary grooves</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1A7E7A23FCA4" box="[1010,1123,769,794]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">195</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71A7E7B19FCA4" box="[1259,1369,769,794]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">190</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1A547CDBFCFA" box="[163,667,811,836]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Secondary grooves</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1A547A23FCFA" box="[1010,1123,811,836]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">71</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1A007CDBFC29" box="[163,667,895,919]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Complete secondaries towards terminus</th>
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<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71AD87B19FC7E" box="[1259,1369,935,960]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">7</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1AAE7CDBFC54" box="[163,667,977,1002]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Anterior denticulations on vent</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1AAE7A23FC54" box="[1010,1123,977,1002]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">6</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71AAE7B19FC54" box="[1259,1369,977,1002]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">5</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1A847CDBFBAD" box="[163,667,1019,1043]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Posterior denticulations on vent</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1A847A23FBAD" box="[1010,1123,1019,1043]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">7</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71A847B19FBAD" box="[1259,1369,1019,1043]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">5</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1D5A7CDBFB83" box="[163,667,1061,1085]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Premaxillary-maxillary teeth</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1D5A7A23FB83" box="[1010,1123,1061,1085]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">718</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1D317CDBFBD9" box="[163,667,1102,1127]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Vomeropalatine teeth</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1D317A23FBD9" box="[1010,1123,1102,1127]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">1018</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71D317B19FBD9" box="[1259,1369,1102,1127]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">67</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1D077CDBFB2F" box="[163,667,1144,1169]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Dentary teeth</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1D077A23FB2F" box="[1010,1123,1144,1169]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">88</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71D077B19FB2F" box="[1259,1369,1144,1169]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">78</td>
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<th id="76F05D9FFF8A728E81FF1DDE7CDBFB04" box="[163,667,1185,1210]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Inner mandibular teeth</th>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E82AE1DDE7A23FB04" box="[1010,1123,1185,1210]" gridcol="1" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">22</td>
<td id="76F05D9FFF8A728E85B71DDE7B19FB04" box="[1259,1369,1185,1210]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">22</td>
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Primary grooves 195, only the last 10 prior to the vent completely encircle the body; secondary grooves 71, all on posterior half of body, the last 7 prior to the vent completely encircle the body. No terminal shield. Vent very small, and transverse, bordered by 6 denticulations anteriorly and 7 posteriorly, no anal glands in region surrounding vent. Dermal scales present as far anteriorly as the first primary groove, small (
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wide by
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long), and oval; those closest to the terminus are very large (
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wide by
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long), subrectangular, thicker and broader at the margin of inception with the dermal pocket. No trace of subdermal scales within the connective tissue of the skin.
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All teeth monocuspid, pointed and slightly recurved, mandibular teeth considerably larger and more recurved than maxillary teeth. Four dental series are present: the premaxillary-maxillary series has 7-1-8 teeth, posterior ones notably smaller; the vomeropalatine series has 10-1-8 teeth, decreasing in overall size posteriorly; the dentary series has 8-8 teeth, very large, recurved, decreasing in overall size posteriorly, and show signs of tooth replacement; the inner mandibular series has 2-2 teeth, small, pointed, slightly oblique, and partially concealed by the gums. Choanae circular,
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apart, diameter of each choana is
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. Small, flattened, black-ish narial plugs present on the tongue, these are darker in contrast to the generally whitish color of the mouth. Coloration in life does not differ much from coloration in preservative. Main body coloration according to the field notes by the collectors of the
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is dark purple on the dorsal surfaces, gradually becoming slightly olive on the ventral surfaces. Only the nostrils, tentacular openings, lips and vent have a contrasting pale cream color. Dermal scales are gray. No median ventral stripe.
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF8A8D78819B1E0E7F7FF835" bold="true" box="[199,319,1905,1931]" pageId="9" pageNumber="203">Variation.</emphasis>
In profile, the snout of the
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is blunt but that of the
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is rounded. The eye lies closer to the commissure of the mouth than to the nostril in the
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, but equidistant between the commissure of the mouth and the nostril in the
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. The vent is situated flush inside the surrounding disc in the
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but situated in a slight depression (concave) in the
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; the anterior margin of the vent of the
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has two very small anal glands, unlike the
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; the width of the disc surrounding the vent is smaller in the
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but larger in the
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. The
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differs from the
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by having 5 denticulations on the anterior and posterior margins of the vent vs 6 anterior denticulations and 7 posterior denticulations in the
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. The attenuation index values indicate that the
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is slenderer than the
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(74.7 vs 65.6:
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). The gums of the
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are very thick and conceal most of the teeth on all four dental series, with only their protruding tips being noticeable; this condition is not present in the
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. The choanae are circular in the
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but subcircular in the
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. Moreover, indications of teeth replacement in the form of dark, asterisk-like markings adjacent to emerging teeth were detected on the gums of the
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but not the
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. Lastly, it appears to us that the
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has dried out at least once in the past 39 years and this made us chose the ICN specimen as the
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.
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF898D7B819B18A47F0EFE4B" bold="true" box="[199,334,475,501]" pageId="10" pageNumber="204">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after Dr. Mark Wilkinson, Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum in London,
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, in recognition of his life-long dedication to the study of
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. His numerous, highquality caecilian studies have provided a path for all aspiring gymnophionologists to follow.
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<emphasis id="B965EAB3FF898D7B819B1B387FC3FDDE" bold="true" box="[199,387,582,609]" pageId="10" pageNumber="204">Natural history.</emphasis>
Unknown, although the field notes associated with the
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indicate that this individual was found dead along a road at 12:00 hours in the surroundings of a stream. The
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was found alive approximately
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below the surface.
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