Geotrypetes angeli
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| Geotrypetes angeli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Dermophiidae |
| Genus: | Geotrypetes |
| Species: | G. angeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Geotrypetes angeli | |
Geotrypetes angeli is a species of amphibian in the family Dermophiidae.[1][3] It is only known from Labé—the type locality which could refer to several places in Guinea—and from Beyla, Guinea and Tingi Hills, Sierra Leone.[1] Common name Angel's caecelian has been coined for this species.[1][3]
Hampton Wildman Parker named this species in honour of Fernand Angel, a French zoologist and herpetologist from the National Museum of Natural History.[2][4] Angel helped Parker to get access to specimens at the National Museum of Natural History that were included as paratypes in the species description.[2]