Dermophis mexicanus, also known commonly as the Mexican burrowing caecilian or the Mexican caecilian, and locally as the tapalcua or tepelcua, is a species of limbless amphibian in the family Dermophiidae. The species is native to Mexico and Central America, where it burrows under leaf litter and plant debris.
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^"Dermophis mexicanus ". Amphibian Species of the World 6.1, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History.
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Dermophismexicanus, 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, Dermophismexicanus, can grow to a total length of 60 cm (24 in), while the smallest one, Dermophis parviceps, reaches only 60 cm...
ventrally, as seen in Dermophismexicanus, which is also a larger species. D. costaricense appears to be closely related with Dermophis gracilior from the...
H. (1983). "Morphology and function of the feeding apparatus in Dermophismexicanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society...
secondary annuli; the annular grooves lack dark pigment seen in Dermophismexicanus and Dermophis oaxacae. The body is slender. The eyes can be seen through...
Clockwise from top left: Mercurana myristicapaulstris, a shrub frog; Dermophismexicanus, a legless amphibian; Equus quagga, a plains zebra; Sterna maxima...
sealed in a sunken bottle. In southern Mexico and Central America, Dermophismexicanus is colloquially known as the "tapalcua", a name referencing the belief...
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...
ancestors migrated out of North America: Amphibians Dermophiid caecilians (Dermophis glandulosus) – only present in northwestern Colombia Lungless salamanders...
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