Chthonerpeton

Chthonerpeton indistinctum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Typhlonectidae
Genus: Chthonerpeton
Species: C. arii – C. braestrupi – C. exile – C. indistinctum – C. noctinectes – C. onorei – C. perissodus – C. tremembe – C. viviparum

Name

Chthonerpeton Peters, 1880: 930

• Type species: Siphonops indistinctus Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W.C.H. 1880. Über die Eintheilung der Caecilien und insbesondere über die Gattungen Rhinatrema und Gymnopis. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1879: 924–945. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Maciel, A.O., Leite, J.M., Leite, R.S.A., Leite, J.R.S.A. & Cascon, P. 2015. A New Species of Chthonerpeton Peters 1880 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from the State of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 308–313. DOI: 10.1670/13-067 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Peters' Caecilians

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