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Family: Typhlonectidae (Taylor, 1968); Aquatic Caecilians
Genus Atretochoana
(Nussbaum & Wilkinson 1995)
Atretochoana eiselti
(Nussbaum & Wilkinson 1995)
no common name
Distribution: "South America" . Known from only two
specimens of imprecise origin.
Genus Chthonerpeton
(Peters 1880)
Peter's Caecilians
Chthonerpeton arii (Cascon
& Lima-Verde 1994)
no common name
Distribution: Known only from Ceará, Brazil.
Chthonerpeton braestrupi (Taylor 1968)
Braestrup's Caecilian
Distribution: Southeastern Brazil.
Chthonerpeton exile (Nussbaum & Wilkinson 1987)
Bahia Caecilian
Distribution: Known only from Bahia, Brazil.
Chthonerpeton indistinctum (Reinhardt & Lütken 1862)
Argentine Caecilian
Distribution: Southern Brazil, south to Argentina.
Chthonerpeton noctinectes (Silvo, Britto-Pereira, & Carmaschi
2003)
no common name
Distribution: Known only from type locality in Bahia, Brazil.
Chthonerpeton onorei (Nussbaum 1986)
El Reventador Caecilian
Distribution: Vicinity of Napo, Ecuador.
Chthonerpeton perrisodus (Nussbaum & Wilkinson 1987)
Minas Gerais Caecilian
Distribution: Known only from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Chthonerpeton viviparum (Parker and Wettstein 1929)
Santa Catarina Caecilian
Distribution: Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Genus Nectocaecilia
(Taylor 1968)
Upper Amazon Caecilians
Nectocaecilia petersii
(Taylor 1968)
Upper Amazon Caecilian
Distribution: Upper Amazon Basin.
Genus Potomotyphlus
(Taylor 1968)
Kaup's Caecilians
Potomotyphlus kaupii
(Taylor 1968)
Kaup's Caecilian
Distribution: Amazon and Orinoco drainages of South America.
Genus Typhlonectes
(Peters 1880)
Aquatic Caecilians
Typhlonectes
compressicauda (Duméril & Bibron 1841)
Cayenne Caecilian
Distribution: Amazon drainage system of south America.
Typhlonectes cunhai (Cascon, Lima-Verde, & Benevides Marques
1991)
Cunha's Caecilian
Distribution: Known only from type locality in the Amazonas
region of Brazil.
Typhlonectes natans (Peters 1880)
Rio Cauca caecilian
Distribution: Cauca and Magdalena drainages of Northern Columbia
and Northwestern Venezuela.
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Known distribution of Typhlonectidae. Modified from
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