Siphonops hardyi, or Hardy's caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Siphonopidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil where it occurs in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, possibly wider.[2] This species lives in soil and under leaf litter or stones in primary forest, plantations, and rural gardens. It is a common species; it can locally suffer from infrastructure development but is not generally threatened.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Siphonopidae |
| Genus: | Siphonops |
| Species: | S. hardyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Siphonops hardyi Boulenger, 1888
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References edit
- ^ a b Ulisses Caramaschi, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz (2004). "Siphonops hardyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59594A11957663. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59594A11957663.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Siphonops hardyi Boulenger, 1888". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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