Mimosiphonops reinhardti
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| Mimosiphonops reinhardti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Siphonopidae |
| Genus: | Mimosiphonops |
| Species: | M. reinhardti |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimosiphonops reinhardti | |
Mimosiphonops reinhardti is a species of caecilian in the family Siphonopidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It is only known from the holotype collected from "Brasilia" in 1878, probably somewhere in eastern Brazil[1][3][4] (the city of Brasília did not exist at the time[1]). The specific name reinhardti honors Johannes Theodor Reinhardt, Danish zoologist and herpetologist who collected the holotype.[2][5] Common name Reinhardt's caecilian has been proposed for this species.[1][3][4][5]