Table 2 Specimens used in this study
From: Morphological evolution and modularity of the caecilian skull
Species | Family | Catalogue number | Sex | Total Length (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Atretochoana eiselti | Typhlonectidae | NHMW 9144 | F | 735 |
Boulengerula boulengeri | Herpelidae | BMNH 2000.474 | ?F | 165 |
Brasilotyphlus braziliensis | Siphonopidae | AMNH A51751 | M | 260 |
Caecilia tentaculata | Caeciliidae | BMNH field tag MW3945 | M | 533 |
Chikila fulleri | Chikilidae | DU field tag SDB1304 | F | 212 |
Chthonerpeton indistinctum | Typhlonectidae | MCP field tag MW16 | M | 325 |
Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri | Scolecomorphidae | NHMW 14859 | M | 275 |
Crotaphatrema lamottei | Scolecomorphidae | BMNH field tag MW5741 | M | 265 |
Dermophis mexicanus | Dermophiidae | MVZ 179395 | M | 415 |
Epicrionops bicolor | Rhinatrematidae | BMNH 78.1.25.48 | F | 230 |
Gegeneophis carnosus | Indotyphlidae | UK field tag MW295 | M | 155 |
Geotrypetes seraphini | Dermophiidae | BMNH field tag MW4543 | M | 195 |
Grandisonia alternans | Indotyphlidae | BMNH 1956.1.13.39 | M | 220 |
Gymnopis multiplicata | Dermophiidae | BM1907.10.9.10 | M | 460 |
Herpele squalostoma | Herpelidae | BMNH field tag MW4534 | M | 345 |
Hypogeophis rostratus | Indotyphlidae | UMMZ 179847 | F | 225 |
Ichthyophis bombayensis | Ichthyophiidae | BMNH 88.6.11.1 | M | 320 |
Ichthyophis glutinosus | Ichthyophiidae | NMSL field tag MW1773 | F | 401 |
Ichthyophis nigroflavus | Ichthyophiidae | BMNH 1967.2775 | M | 420 |
Idiocranium russeli | Indotyphlidae | BMNH 1946.9.5.80 | F | 95 |
Indotyphlus cf. battersbyi | Indotyphlidae | AMNH 89788 | ? | 202 |
Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis | Siphonopidae | BMNH 1930.4.4.1 | F | ? |
Microcaecilia albiceps | Siphonopidae | MCZ A-58412 | ? | 181 |
Mimosiphonops vermiculatus | Siphonopidae | KUH 93271 | ?F | 185 |
Nectocaecilia petersii | Typhlonectidae | BMNH 61.9.2.6 | F | 590 |
Oscaecilia ochrocephala | Caeciliidae | MCZ 4268 | F | 330 |
Potomotyphlus kaupii | Typhlonectidae | IRNSB 12447 | ? | 355 |
Praslinia cooperi | Indotyphlidae | BMNH 1907.10.15.154 | F | 165 |
Rhinatrema bivittatum | Rhinatrematidae | BMNH field tag MW2395 | F | 229 |
Schistometopum gregorii | Dermophiidae | MCZ 20143 | F | 300 |
Scolecomorphus kirkii | Scolecomorphidae | BMNH 2005.1388 | F | 380 |
Siphonops annulatus | Siphonopidae | BMNH 1956.1.15.88 | M | 340 |
Sylvacaecilia grandisonae | Indotyphlidae | BMNH 1969.1589 | F | 259 |
Typhlonectes compressicauda | Typhlonectidae | BMNH field tag MW5820 | M | 305 |
Uraeotyphlus oxyurus | Ichthyophiidae | MNHN 1994.419 | M | 256 |