Hypogeophis brevis is a species of caecilian formerly included in the genus Grandisonia and found on the islands of Mahé and Silhouette in the Seychelles. It is known only from two specimens collected on Mahé in 1910 and more collected recently from Silhouette.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Grandisoniidae |
| Genus: | Hypogeophis |
| Species: | H. brevis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypogeophis brevis Boulenger, 1911
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References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Hypogeophis brevis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T59559A125192602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T59559A125192602.en. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- 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.
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