Resumo

MACIEL, Adriano Oliveira  e  HOOGMOED, Marinus Steven. Notes on the vertebrates of northern Pará, Brazil: a forgotten part of the Guianan Region, III. A new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi Cienc. Nat. [online]. 2011, vol.6, n.1, pp.67-72. ISSN 1981-8114.

A new species of Microcaecilia is described from the municipality of Óbidos, state of Pará, in the Brazilian part of the Guianan Region. The new species has a high number of secondary annuli, monocuspid vomeropalatine teeth, and other characteristics that together differentiate it from the other eight known species of the genus.

Palavras-chave : Brazil; Guianan Region; Gymnophiona; Microcaecilia; New species.

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