Chthonerpeton indistinctum

Chthonerpeton indistinctum

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: Chthonerpeton
Species: Chthonerpeton indistinctum

Name

Chthonerpeton indistinctum (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)

• Lectotype: ZMUC R-0235. [designated by Taylor (1968: 299)]
• Type locality: “Buenos Ayres”, Argentina.

Combinations

• Siphonops indistinctus Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862: 203 [original combination]
• Chthonterpeton indistinctum — Peters, 1880: 40 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Chthonerpeton corrugatum Taylor 1968
• Chthonerpeton erugatum Taylor, 1968
• Chthonerpeton hellmichi Taylor, 1968
• Nectocaecilia fasciata Taylor, 1968

References

Primary references

• Reinhardt, J. & Lütken, C. [1861] 1862. Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn Series 2, 3(Nr. 10-15): 143–242 + pl. 3–6. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• Measey, J., Segalla, M.V., Silvano, D., Langone, J. & Céspedez, J. 2004. IUCN: Chthonerpeton indistinctum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59537A11960301. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59537A11960301.en. Accessed on 15 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Argentine Caecilian

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