Typhlonectes

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 (2): T. compressicauda – T. natans

Name

Typhlonectes Peters, 1880: 930

• Type species: Coecilia compressicauda Duméril & Bibron, 1841, by subsequent designation of Dunn (1942: 532).

Synonymy

• Thyphlonectes — Fuhrmann, 1914: 112 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Pseudotyphlonectes Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986: 170 [synonymised by Wilkinson (1989: 34)]
  • Type species: Caecilia natans Fischer in Peters, 1880, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Aquatic Caecilians

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