Family Herpelidae Laurent 1984 (caecilian)
Amphibia - Gymnophiona - Herpelidae
Parent taxon: Apoda according to H. C. Maddin et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Caeciliidae, Dermophiidae, Ichthyophiidae, Indotyphlidae, Rhinatrematidae, Scolecomorphidae, Siphonopidae, Typhlonectidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Herpelidae in the database