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1 May 2006 The First Karyotypic Report of the Genus Caudacaecilia with Comments on its Generic Validity (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae)
Masafumi Matsui, Kanto Nishikawa, Ahmad Sudin, Maryati Mohamed
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Abstract

The karyotype of the genus Caudacaecilia is first reported on the basis of C. asplenia from Sabah, Malaysia. The species has 2n  =  42 chromosomes, consisting of two pairs of biarmed macrochromosomes, eight pairs of biarmed microchromosomes, and 11 pairs of uniarmed microchromosomes. These karyotypic characteristics do not differ from those of Ichthyophis, the other genus of Ichthyophiidae. We also provide the first documented account of the presence of splenial teeth in larval Caudacaecilia.

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Masafumi Matsui, Kanto Nishikawa, Ahmad Sudin, and Maryati Mohamed "The First Karyotypic Report of the Genus Caudacaecilia with Comments on its Generic Validity (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae)," Copeia 2006(2), 256-260, (1 May 2006). https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[256:TFKROT]2.0.CO;2
Received: 4 January 2005; Accepted: 1 February 2006; Published: 1 May 2006
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