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Microcaecilia  Taylor, 1968
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208544

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Parvicaecilia Taylor, 1968
  
    Caecilita Wake and Donnelly, 2010
  
  Common Name(s): tiny caecilians [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderGymnophiona  – Caecilians  
                            FamilySiphonopidae Bonaparte, 1850  
                               GenusMicrocaecilia Taylor, 1968 – tiny caecilians  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Microcaecilia albiceps (Boulenger, 1882)  
                                  Species Microcaecilia butantan Wilkinson, Antoniazzi and Jared, 2015  
                                  Species Microcaecilia dermatophaga Wilkinson, Sherratt, Starace and Gower, 2013  
                                  Species Microcaecilia grandis Wilkinson, Nussbaum and Hoogmoed, 2010  
                                  Species Microcaecilia iwokramae (Wake and Donnelly, 2010)  
                                  Species Microcaecilia iyob Wilkinson and Kok, 2010  
                                  Species Microcaecilia marvaleewakeae Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2013  
                                  Species Microcaecilia nicefori (Barbour, 1924)  
                                  Species Microcaecilia pricei (Dunn, 1944)  
                                  Species Microcaecilia rabei (Roze and Solano, 1963)  
                                  Species Microcaecilia rochai Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2011  
                                  Species Microcaecilia savagei Donnelly and Wake, 2013  
                                  Species Microcaecilia supernumeraria Taylor, 1969  
                                  Species Microcaecilia taylori Nussbaum and Hoogmoed, 1979  
                                  Species Microcaecilia trombetas Maciel and Hoogmoed, 2011  
                                  Species Microcaecilia unicolor (Duméril, 1863)  
       

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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Microcaecilia   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Microcaecilia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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