Typhlonectes natans

Typhlonectes natans

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: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Typhlonectinae
Genus: Typhlonectes
Species: Typhlonectes natans

Name

Typhlonectes natans (Fischer in Peters, 1880)

Type locality: Río Cauca, Colombia.

Syntypes: ZMB 952223 (2 specimens).

Synonyms

• Caecilia natans Fischer in Peters, 1880
• Typhlonectes natans — Peters, 1880
• Thyphlonectes natans — Fuhrmann, 1914
• Thyphlonectes compressicauda venezuelense Fuhrmann, 1914
• Chthonerpeton haydee Roze, 1963
• Typhlonectes compressicauda natans — Roze & Solano, 1963
• Nectocaecilia haydee — Taylor, 1968
• Typhlonectes venezuelensis — Taylor, 1968
• Nectocaecilia cooperi Taylor, 1970
• Pseudotyphlonectes natans — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986

References

• Fischer in Peters, 1880, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 941.
• Fuhrmann, 1914, Mem. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 5: 113.
• Lescure, J., Renous, S. & Gasc, J.-P. 1986. Proposition d'une nouvelle classification des amphibiens gymnophiones. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 43: 145–177. Reference page. 
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Typhlonectes natans
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Typhlonectes natans. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Typhlonectes natans  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 13 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Rio Cauca Caecilian

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