Typhlonectinae

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
Genera: Atretochoana – Chthonerpeton – Nectocaecilia – Potomotyphlus – Typhlonectes

Name

Typhlonectinae Taylor, 1968

Type genus: Scolecomorphus Boulenger, 1883

Synonyms

• Typhlonectidae Taylor, 1968
• Potamotyphloidea Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Potamotyphlidae — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Potamotyphlinae — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Potamotyphlilae — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Potamotyphlini — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Typhlonectoides — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Typhlonectoidae — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Typhlonectinae — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Typhlonectilae — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Typhlonectoidi — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Pseudotyphlonectini Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
• Typhlonectini — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986

References

• Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: xi, 231.
• 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. : 169–170.
• Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Typhlonectinae access date 13 August 2008

Vernacular names

English: Aquatic Caecilians