| Hypogeophis sechellensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Grandisoniidae |
| Genus: | Hypogeophis |
| Species: | H. sechellensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypogeophis sechellensis | |
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Hypogeophis sechellensis, commonly called the Seychelles caecilian,1 is a species of caecilian in the family Indotyphlidae. It is endemic to the Seychelles islands of Mahé, Praslin, and Silhouette.
References
References
- Maddock, S.; Morel, C.; Chong Seng, L.; Labisko, J.; Baxter, R.; Constance, J.; Dine-Ogale, M.; Jean-Bonnelame, A.; Montano, L.; Rocamora, G.; Roesch, M.; Sharkey, E.; Gower, D.J. (2025). "Hypogeophis sechellensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T42392360A271553107. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T42392360A271553107.en.
- Boulenger, George A. (1911). "List of batrachians and reptiles obtained by Prof. Stanley Gardiner on his second expedition to the Seychelles and Aldabra". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 14 (2): 376.
- Frost, Darrel (2024). "Hypogeophis sechellensis (Boulenger, 1911)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.2. American Museum of Natural History.
- Himstedt, Werner (2000). "Caecilian Ecology". In Hofrichter, Robert (ed.). Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts. New York: Firefly. pp. 186–190. ISBN 1-55209-541-X.