Atretochoana Nussbaum & Wilkinson, 1995

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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scientific name	Atretochoana Nussbaum & Wilkinson, 1995
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1. Atretochoana Nussbaum & Wilkinson, 1995

Type species: Typhlonectes eiselti Taylor, 1968 by original designation and monotypy. Diagnosis: The only typhlonectids without lungs.

Distribution: "South America ", probably Brazil.

Content: one species ( eiselti ).

References

Nussbaum, R. A. & Wilkinson, M. (1995) A new genus of lungless tetrapod: a radically divergent caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 261, 331 - 335.

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	Atretochoana

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