Oscaecilia is a genus of caecilians in the family Caeciliidae.[1][2][3] The genus is distributed in southeastern Central America (Costa Rica, Panama) and northern South America, possibly extending into southern Brazil. They are sometimes known as the South American caecilians.[1]
Description
Adult Oscaecilia often exceed 60 cm (24 in) in total length.[3] The diagnostic characters of Oscaecilia include eyes that are covered by bone, presence of splenial teeth, absence of true tail, and a tentacular opening that is directly below the nostril, much closer to it than to the eye.[4]
^ abcFrost, Darrel R. (2019). "Oscaecilia Taylor, 1968". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^ ab"Caeciliidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^ abVitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 452–453.
^Lahanas, Pete N. & Savage, Jay M. (1992). "A new species of caecilian from the Península de Osa of Costa Rica". Copeia. 1992 (3): 703–708. doi:10.2307/1446146. JSTOR1446146.
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