Rhinatrema nigrum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Rhinatrematidae
Genus: Rhinatrema
Species: Rhinatrema nigrum

Name

Rhinatrema nigrum Dunn, 1942

• Holotype: AMNH 34088. [lost]
• Neotype: MBUCV 5360. [designated by Taylor (1968: 209)]
• Type locality: “Arundabara, British Guiana [=Guyana], elevation 2200 feet”, redesignated by neotype designation to “El Dorado, Bolívar, Venezuela” by Taylor (1968: 209).

Combinations

• Rhinatrema nigrum Dunn, 1942: 458 [original combination]
• Epicrionops nigrus — Taylor, 1968: 209 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Epicrionops niger — Barrio-Amorós, 1999: 63 [subsequent combination, correct spelling]
• Rhinatrema nigrum — Maciel, Sampaio, Hoogmoed & Schneider, 2018: 287 [subsequent combination, restaure to the original genus]

References

Primary references

• Dunn, E.R. 1942. The American Caecilians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 91(6): 437–540. BHL Reference page. 
• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 
• Barrio-Amorós, C.L. [1998] 1999. Sistematica y biogeografía de los anfibios (Amphibia) de Venezuela/Systematics and biogeography of the amphibians (Amphibia) of Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 18: 1–93.
• Maciel, A.O., Sampaio, M.I.C., Hoogmoed, M.S. & Schneider, H. 2018. Description of two new species of Rhinatrema (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Brazil and the return of Epicrionops niger to Rhinatrema. South American Journal of Herpetology 13(3): 287–299. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00054.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Hoogmoed, M., Reynolds, R., Wilkinson, M. & Wake, M. 2004. IUCN: Rhinatrema nigrum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59643A11975214. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59643A11975214.en. Accessed on 14 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Black Caecilian