A new species of Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from French Guiana

摘要

We describe a new species of the genus Caecilia from French Guiana. The new species differs from most species of thegenus in the numbers of primary and secondary grooves. Color pattern, body shape, presence of subdermal scales, andnumber of teeth separate Caecilia museugoeldi sp. nov. from the other species of the genus. This new taxon is the firstof the genus described in 33 years.