Chthonerpeton

Genus of amphibians

Chthonerpeton
Chthonerpeton indistinctum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Typhlonectidae
Genus: Chthonerpeton
Peters, 1880

Chthonerpeton is a genus of semiaquatic amphibians in the family Typhlonectidae. They occur in South America east of the Andes.[1][2]

Species

Chthonerpeton contains the following species:[1]

  • Chthonerpeton arii Cascon and Lima-Verde, 1994
  • Chthonerpeton braestrupi Taylor, 1968
  • Chthonerpeton exile Nussbaum and Wilkinson, 1987
  • Chthonerpeton indistinctum (Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862)
  • Chthonerpeton noctinectes Silva, Britto-Pereira, and Caramaschi, 2003
  • Chthonerpeton onorei Nussbaum, 1986
  • Chthonerpeton perissodus Nussbaum and Wilkinson, 1987
  • Chthonerpeton tremembe Maciel, Leite, Silva-Leite, Leite, and Cascon, 2015
  • Chthonerpeton viviparum Parker and Wettstein, 1929

References

  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Chthonerpeton Peters, 1880". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. ^ Vitt, L. J.; Caldwell, J. P. (25 March 2013). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles. Academic Press. pp. 453–454. ISBN 978-0-12-386920-3. OCLC 898295183.
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