Siphonops leucoderus

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Débora Silvano, Bruno Pimenta |date=2004 |title=Siphonops leucoderus |volume=2004 |page=e.T59596A11958158 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59596A11958158.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Siphonops

| species = leucoderus

| authority = Taylor, 1968

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Siphonops leucoderus, the Salvador caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Siphonopidae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil and only known from its type locality, the Bahia state (more precise location is unknown).{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Siphonopidae/Siphonops/Siphonops-leucoderus |title=Siphonops leucoderus Taylor, 1968 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=10 March 2016}} It is assumed to be a subterranean species, possibly living in lowland moist forest.

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