First record of Siphonops paulensis Boettger, 1892 (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

Daniel Santana; Geziana Nunes; Crizanto De-Carvalho; Evellyn Freitas; Renato Faria

doi:10.15560/11.1.1531

Check List 11(1): e19129, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1531

First record of Siphonops paulensis Boettger, 1892 (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

Daniel Oliveira Santana^‡, Crizanto Brito De-Carvalho^§, Evellyn Borges de Freitas^§, Geziana Silva Siqueira Nunes^§, Renato Gomes Faria^§

‡ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil

Corresponding author: Daniel Santana ( danielbioufs@yahoo.com.br )

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Citation: Santana D, Nunes G, De-Carvalho C, Freitas E, Faria R (2015) First record of Siphonops paulensis Boettger, 1892 (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. Check List 11(1): 1531. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1531

Abstract

Siphonopidae is represented by 25 caecilians species in South America. In Brazil, Siphonops paulensis is found in the states of Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, Tocantins, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, and in the Distrito Federal. Herein, we report the first record of Siphonops paulensis in the state of Sergipe, Brazil, Simão Dias municipality. This record significantly expands the distribution of the species in northeastern Brazil.

Keywords

caecilians; Siphonopidae; geographic distribution; Siphonops paulensis; Simão Dias