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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scientific name	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 ).

References

Peters, W. (1879) Uber die Eintheilung der Caecilien und insbesondere uber die Gattungen Rhinatrema und Gymnopis Monatsbericht der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1879, 924 - 943.

Reinhardt, J. T. & Lutken, C. F. (1861) Bidrag til kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening Kjobenhaun, 1861 (10 - 15), 143 - 242.

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Taxonomy

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

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