Dermophis is a genus of worm-like amphibians[1] in the family Dermophiidae, the Neotropical and Tropical African caecilians.[2][3] They are found in the Middle America between southern Mexico and northwestern Colombia. Common names Mexican caecilians or Neotropical caecilians are sometimes used for them.[2]
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Dermophis mexicanus, also known commonly as the Mexican burrowing caecilian or the Mexican caecilian, and locally as the tapalcua or tepelcua, is a species...
species: The largest species, Dermophis mexicanus, can grow to a total length of 60 cm (24 in), while the smallest one, Dermophis parviceps, reaches only 60 cm...
Dermophis donaldtrumpi is a name proposed for a putative new species of caecilian – a nearly-blind, serpentine amphibian – to be named after Donald Trump...
ventrally, as seen in Dermophis mexicanus, which is also a larger species. D. costaricense appears to be closely related with Dermophis gracilior from the...
Dermophis occidentalis is a species of caecilian in the family Dermophiidae. It is endemic to south-western Costa Rica and occurs in the Pacific lowlands...
Dermophis gracilior is a species of caecilian in the family Dermophiidae. It is found on the Pacific slopes of Cordillera de Talamanca in eastern Costa...
secondary annuli; the annular grooves lack dark pigment seen in Dermophis mexicanus and Dermophis oaxacae. The body is slender. The eyes can be seen through...
Departments), Costa Rica, and Panama. It is the southernmost species among Dermophis. Dermophis glandulosus is a moderately large caecilian, measuring up to 405 mm...
Dermophis oaxacae, also known Oaxacan caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Dermophiidae. It is endemic to southwestern Mexico and occurs...
Clockwise from top left: Mercurana myristicapaulstris, a shrub frog; Dermophis mexicanus, a legless amphibian; Equus quagga, a plains zebra; Sterna maxima...
Zylberberg, Louise; Wake, Marvalee H. (1990). "Structure of the scales of Dermophis and Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), and a comparison to dermal...
hair sealed in a sunken bottle. In southern Mexico and Central America, Dermophis mexicanus is colloquially known as the "tapalcua", a name referencing...
and is claimed to exist in the newly discovered unpublished species Dermophis donaldtrumpi. Wilkinson, Mark; Nussbaum, Ronald A.; Greven, Hartmut; Jared...
Herpelidae Genus Brasilotyphlus - see Family Siphonopidae Genus Caecilia Genus Dermophis - see Family Dermophiidae Genus Gegeneophis - see Family Indotyphlidae...
donaldtrumpi, a species of fossil sea urchin, a type of prickly bottom feeder. Dermophis donaldtrumpi, a proposed name for a putative new species of amphibian...
ancestors migrated out of North America: Amphibians Dermophiid caecilians (Dermophis glandulosus) – only present in northwestern Colombia Lungless salamanders...
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