''Chthonerpeton'' is a genus of semiaquatic
amphibian
Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...
s in the family
Typhlonectidae
Typhlonectidae, also known as aquatic caecilians or rubber eels, are a family of caecilians found east of the Andes in South America.
They are viviparous animals, giving birth to young that possess external gills. Of the five genera in the fami ...
. They occur in
South America
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east of the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
.
Species
''Chthonerpeton'' contains the following species:[
* '']Chthonerpeton arii
''Chthonerpeton arii'' is a species of amphibian in the family Typhlonectidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, irrigated ...
'' Cascon and Lima-Verde, 1994
* ''Chthonerpeton braestrupi
''Chthonerpeton braestrupi'' is a species of amphibian in the family Typhlonectidae.It is endemic to Brazil.
Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flo ...
'' Taylor, 1968
* ''Chthonerpeton exile
''Chthonerpeton exile'' is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae. It is endemic to Brazil, and only known from its imprecise type locality "Bahia". Only one specimen is known and now lost. The specific name ''exile'', form Latin ' ...
'' Nussbaum and Wilkinson, 1987
* ''Chthonerpeton indistinctum
''Chthonerpeton indistinctum'' is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae. It is found in northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southeastern Brazil. The common name Argentine caecilian has been coined for it.
Description
''C ...
'' (Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862)
* ''Chthonerpeton noctinectes
''Chthonerpeton noctinectes'' is a species of amphibian in the family Typhlonectidae, endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lake
A lake is an are ...
'' Silva, Britto-Pereira, and Caramaschi, 2003
* ''Chthonerpeton onorei
''Chthonerpeton onorei'' is a species of amphibian in the family Typhlonectidae, endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, past ...
'' Nussbaum, 1986
* ''Chthonerpeton perissodus
''Chthonerpeton perissodus'' is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae. It is endemic to Minas Gerais, Brazil, and only known from its imprecise type locality, Rio Pandeiro. Only three specimens are known. The common name Minas Gera ...
'' Nussbaum and Wilkinson, 1987
* ''Chthonerpeton tremembe
''Chthonerpeton'' is a genus of semiaquatic amphibians in the family Typhlonectidae. They occur in South America east of the Andes.
Species
''Chthonerpeton'' contains the following species:
* '' Chthonerpeton arii'' Cascon and Lima-Verde, 1994
* ...
'' Maciel, Leite, Silva-Leite, Leite, and Cascon, 2015
* ''Chthonerpeton viviparum
''Chthonerpeton viviparum'' is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae. It is endemic to southern Brazil and only known from the vicinity of Joinville, in the eastern Santa Catarina State
Santa Catarina (, ) is a state in the Sou ...
'' Parker and Wettstein, 1929
References
Amphibian genera
Amphibians of South America
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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