Typhlonectidae
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Typhlonectidae, also known as aquatic caecilians or rubber eels, is a group of Gymnophiona amphibians found in South America
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They are viviparous animals, giving birth to young that possess external gills. Aquatic caecilians live, primarily, in the water and some species are fairly large, attaining more than two feet in total length.
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
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They are viviparous animals, giving birth to young that possess external gills. Aquatic caecilians live, primarily, in the water and some species are fairly large, attaining more than two feet in total length.
Taxonomy
- Genus Atretochoana
- Atretochoana eiseltiAtretochoana eiseltiAtretochoana eiselti is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family. It the sole species in its genus, Atretochoana. It is notable for having no lungs, one of only two lungless caecilians....
- Atretochoana eiselti
- Genus ChthonerpetonChthonerpetonChthonerpeton is a genus of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It contains the following species:* Chthonerpeton arii* Chthonerpeton braestrupi* Chthonerpeton exile* Chthonerpeton indistinctum* Chthonerpeton noctinectes...
- Chthonerpeton ariiChthonerpeton ariiChthonerpeton arii is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and...
- Chthonerpeton braestrupiChthonerpeton braestrupiChthonerpeton braestrupi is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals and ditches, and .-Source:*...
- Chthonerpeton exileChthonerpeton exileChthonerpeton exile is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural...
- Chthonerpeton indistinctumChthonerpeton indistinctumChthonerpeton indistinctum is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded...
- Chthonerpeton noctinectesChthonerpeton noctinectesChthonerpeton noctinectes is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, and pastureland.-Source:...
- Chthonerpeton onoreiChthonerpeton onoreiChthonerpeton onorei is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land,...
- Chthonerpeton perissodusChthonerpeton perissodusChthonerpeton perissodus is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals and ditches, and .-Source:*...
- Chthonerpeton viviparumChthonerpeton viviparumChthonerpeton viviparum is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded...
- Chthonerpeton arii
- Genus Nectocaecilia
- Nectocaecilia petersii
- Genus Potomotyphlus
- Potomotyphlus kaupii
- Genus TyphlonectesTyphlonectesTyphlonectes is a genus of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It contains the following species:* Typhlonectes compressicauda* Typhlonectes cunhai* Typhlonectes natans...
- Typhlonectes compressicaudaTyphlonectes compressicaudaTyphlonectes compressicauda, also known as the Cayenne Caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, possibly Bolivia, and possibly Suriname....
- Typhlonectes natans
- Typhlonectes compressicauda