Nectocaecilia Taylor, 1968

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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3. Nectocaecilia Taylor, 1968

Type species: Chthonerpeton petersii Boulenger, 1882 by original designation. Diagnosis: The only typhlonectids with subtriangular nares, and lacking fins. Distribution: Brazil, Venezuela.

Content: One species ( petersii ).

References

Boulenger, G. A. (1882) Catalogue of the Batrachia Gradientia s. Caudata and Batrachia Apoda in the Collection of the British Museum (2 nd Ed.), Taylor and Francis, London.

Taylor, E. H. (1968) The caecilians of the World. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Amphibia
Order	Gymnophiona
Family	Caeciliidae
Genus	Nectocaecilia

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