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- References
{{no footnotes |date=October 2012}}{{Taxobox | name = Dermophiidae | image = Dermophis mexicanus.jpg | image_caption = Dermophis mexicanus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Amphibia | ordo = Apoda | familia = Dermophiidae | familia_authority = Taylor, 1969 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Dermophis Schistometopum Gymnopis Geotrypetes }}The Dermophiidae are a family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America, and Africa. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes. They are the only viviparous caecilians (species that give birth to live young) with secondary annuli (rings around the body). Species - Genus Dermophis
- Dermophis costaricense
- Dermophis glandulosus
- Dermophis gracilior
- Dermophis mexicanus - Mexican burrowing caecilian
- Dermophis oaxacae
- Dermophis occidentalis
- Dermophis parviceps
- Genus Geotrypetes – West African caecilians
- Geotrypetes angeli
- Geotrypetes pseudoangeli
- Geotrypetes seraphini, Gaboon caecilian
- Genus Gymnopis – wet forest caecilians
- Gymnopis multiplicata
- Gymnopis syntrema
- Genus Schistometopum – Guinea caecilians
- Schistometopum gregorii
- Schistometopum thomense
References- {{cite journal|last=Nussbaum|first= Ronald A. |author2=Mark Wilkinson|year=1989|title=On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians|journal= Herpetological Monographs|issue=3|pages=1–42|doi=10.2307/1466984}}
- Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August 2004). Electronic Database accessible at https://web.archive.org/web/20071024033938/http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004
{{Taxonbar|from=Q3086182}} 6 : Amphibian families|Caecilians|Amphibians of Africa|Amphibians of Central America|Amphibians of South America|Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor |