Praslinia
Praslinia cooperi, or Cooper's black caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Indotyphlidae. It is monotypic in the genus Praslinia. It is found on Mahé and Silhouette Islands in the Seychelles. An old reported sighting on its namesake Praslin is not known to be correct.
| Praslinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Indotyphlidae |
| Genus: | Praslinia Boulenger, 1909 |
| Species: | P. cooperi |
| Binomial name | |
| Praslinia cooperi Boulenger, 1909 | |
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Praslinia cooperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Himstedt, Werner. "Caecilian Ecology". In Hofrichter, Robert (ed.). Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts. New York: Firefly. pp. 186–190. ISBN 1-55209-541-X.
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