ADW: Caecilia: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Class Amphibia (amphibians)
        
        Subclass Lissamphibia (amphibians)
        
        Gymnophiona
        
        Family Caeciliidae (Caecilians)
        
        Genus Caecilia
        
        Species Caecilia abitaguae
        
        Species Caecilia albiventris
        
        Species Caecilia antioquiaensis
        
        Species Caecilia armata
        
        Species Caecilia attenuata
        
        Species Caecilia bokermanni
        
        Species Caecilia caribea
        
        Species Caecilia corpulenta
        
        Species Caecilia crassisquama
        
        Species Caecilia degenerata
        
        Species Caecilia disossea
        
        Species Caecilia dunni
        
        Species Caecilia flavopunctata
        
        Species Caecilia gracilis
        
        Species Caecilia guntheri
        
        Species Caecilia inca
        
        Species Caecilia isthmica
        
        Species Caecilia leucocephala
        
        Species Caecilia marcusi
        
        Species Caecilia mertensi
        
        Species Caecilia nigricans
        
        Species Caecilia occidentalis
        
        Species Caecilia orientalis
        
        Species Caecilia pachynema
        
        Species Caecilia perdita
        
        Species Caecilia pressula
        
        Species Caecilia subdermalis
        
        Species Caecilia subnigricans
        
        Species Caecilia subterminalis
        
        Species Caecilia tentaculata
        
        Species Caecilia tenuissima
        
        Species Caecilia thompsoni
        
        Species Caecilia volcani

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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