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Dermophis mexicanus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Dermophiidae |
| Genus: | Dermophis |
| Species: | D. mexicanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dermophis mexicanus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Dermophis mexicanus, also known commonly as the Mexican burrowing caecilian or the Mexican caecilian, and locally as the tapalcua or tepelcua, is a species of limbless amphibian in the family Dermophiidae. The species is native to Mexico and Central America, where it burrows under leaf litter and plant debris.
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Dermophis mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59545A53988419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59545A53988419.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Dermophis mexicanus ". Amphibian Species of the World 6.1, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History.
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