Rhinatrema shiv

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 shiv

Name

Rhinatrema shiv Gower, Wilkinson, Sherratt & Kok, 2010: 48

• Holotype: IRSNB 1991 (field number PK 1569), transformed male, collected by Philippe J.R. Kok, Paul Benjamin and G. Seegobin on 23 June 2006.
• Type locality: “along Sir Donald’s trail ca. 2 km from a tributary of the Elinkwa River, ESE Kaieteur National Park, Guyana, ca. 540 m. elevation (5°08′ N, 59°25′ W)”.

References

Primary references

• Gower, D.J., Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E. & Kok, P.J.R. 2010. A new species of Rhinatrema Duméril & Bibron (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Guyana. Zootaxa 2391(1): 47–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2391.1.3 Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. IUCN: Rhinatrema shiv  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T21567318A21567322. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T21567318A21567322.en. Accessed on 14 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Shiv’s Rhinatrema