Oscaecilia Explained

Oscaecilia is a genus of caecilians in the family Caeciliidae. The genus is distributed in southeastern Central America (Costa Rica, Panama) and northern South America, possibly extending into southern Brazil. They are sometimes known as the South American caecilians.

Description

Adult Oscaecilia often exceed 600NaN0 in total length. The diagnostic characters of Oscaecilia include eyes that are covered by bone, presence of splenial teeth, absence of true tail, and a tentacular opening that is directly below the nostril, much closer to it than to the eye.

Species

There are nine recognized species:

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Binomial name and authorCommon name
Oscaecilia bassleri Pastaza River caecilian
Oscaecilia elongata Yavisa caecilian
Oscaecilia equatorialis Equatorial caecilian
Oscaecilia hypereumeces Joinville caecilian
Oscaecilia koepckeorum Quisto Cocha caecilian
Oscaecilia ochrocephala Yellow-headed caecilian
Oscaecilia osae Osa caecilian, airstrip caecilian
Oscaecilia polyzona New Granada caecilian
Oscaecilia zweifeli Tributary caecilian