Chthonerpeton Peters, 1879

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 58

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.200863

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190112

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Chthonerpeton Peters, 1879
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2. Chthonerpeton Peters, 1879

Type species: Siphonops indistinctus Reinhardt & Lütken, 1861 by original monotypy. Diagnosis: The only typhlonectids with ovate external nares.

Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay.

Content: Eight species ( arii , braestrupi , exile , indistinctum , noctinectes , onorei , perissodus , viviparum ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Gymnophiona

Family

Caeciliidae

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