Typhlonectes Peters, 1879

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5. Typhlonectes Peters, 1879

Type species: Caecilia compressicauda Duméril & Bibron, 1841 ( Fig. 10 ) by subsequent designation of Dunn (1942).

Diagnosis: The only typhlonectids with a subcircular anal disc, lungs and fins. Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela. Content: Two species ( compressicauda , natans ).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Volume reconstruction of HRXCT data showing skull of Typhlonectes compressicauda (MW 5820). Views as in Fig. 2. Scale bar = 1 mm. Scan parameters: a molybdenum target set at 100 kV and 155 μA; scan data were collected at 2.8 frames per second over 3142 projections in 360 ˚; reconstructed voxel size of 12 μm. Abbreviations as in Appendix.