Family Caeciliidae
(caecilians)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Class Amphibia (amphibians)
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  Subclass Lissamphibia (amphibians)
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  Order Gymnophiona (caecilians)
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  Family Caeciliidae (caecilians)
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  Genus Afrocaecilia
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  Genus Boulengerula
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  Genus Brasilotyphlus
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  Genus Caecilia
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  Genus Dermophis
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  Genus Gegeneophis
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  Genus Geotrypetes
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  Genus Grandisonia
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  Genus Gymnopis
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  Genus Herpele
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  Genus Hypogeophis
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  Genus Idiocranium
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  Genus Indotyphlus
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  Genus Luetkenotyphlus
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  Genus Microcaecilia
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  Genus Mimosiphonops
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  Genus Oscaecilia
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  Genus Parvicaecilia
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  Genus Praslinia
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  Genus Schistometopum
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  Genus Siphonops