Family Caeciliidae Frank and Ramus 1996 (common caecilian)
Amphibia - Gymnophiona - Caeciliidae
Alternative spelling: Caeciliaidae
Full reference: N. Frank and E. Ramus. 1996. A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. 1-377
Parent taxon: Apoda according to H. C. Maddin et al. 2012
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1981, Estes and Wake 1972, Frank and Ramus 1996 and Nomenclature 1996
Sister taxa: Dermophiidae, Herpelidae, Ichthyophiidae, Indotyphlidae, Rhinatrematidae, Scolecomorphidae, Siphonopidae, Typhlonectidae
Type: Caecilia
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Companhia National de Cimento Portland Quarry (Paleocene to Eocene of Brazil)