Typhlonectes compressicauda

Typhlonectes compressicauda

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 compressicauda

Name

Typhlonectes compressicauda (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.4269, collected by Leprieur in 1839.
• Type locality: “Cayenne”, French Guiana.

Combinations

• Coecilia compressicauda Duméril & Bibron, 1841: 278 [original combination]
• Typhlonectes compressicaudus — Peters, 1880: 941 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]
• Thyphlonectes [sic] compressicauda — Fuhrmann, 1914: 119 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Typhlonectes anguillaformis Taylor, 1968: 235
  • Holotype: AMNH 56252.
  • Type locality: Unknown.
• Typhlonectes obesus Taylor, 1968: 253
  • Holotype: AMNH 71434.
  • Type locality: “Maués (at the junction of the Camiña and the Maués Guaçu rivers, Amazonas, Brasil)”; data with specimen are “Brasil: Amazonas; Maués” according to Vanzolini in Wake (1985: 641).
• Nectocaecilia ladigesi Taylor, 1968: 273
  • Holotype: ZSM 1925/245.
  • Type locality: “Bocco do Moju [= Rio Moju, near mouth]”, Pará, Brazil.
• Typhlonectes cunhai Cascon, Lima-Verde & Marques, 1991: 96
  • Holotype: MPEG 4584, adult ♂, collected by collector unknown on 21 August 1981.
  • Type locality: “Manaus (3°08′ Lat. S. e 60°00′ Long. W. Gr.) Amazonas, Brasil”.
  • Paratype: UFC-A2466, adult ♀, same data as the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1841. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Huitième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. III + 784 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W. [1879] 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
• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 
• Cascon, P., Lima-Verde, J.S. & Marques, R.B. 1991. Uma nova espécie de Typhlonectes da Amazônia Brasileira (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Typhlonectidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Nova série. Zoologia 7: 95–100. Reference page. 

Links

• La Marca, E., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Hoogmoed, M., Wilkinson, M. & Measey, J.. 2010. IUCN: Typhlonectes compressicauda  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T59599A11959503. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T59599A11959503.en. Accessed on 15 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Cayenne Caecilian
polski: Strumienica płaskoogonowa

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