Typhlonectidae

Taxobox
name = Aquatic caecilians
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Gymnophiona
familia = Typhlonectidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Typhlonectidae, also known as Aquatic caecilians or Rubber eels, is a group of Gymnophiona amphibians found in South America.

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 eiselti

*Genus Chthonerpeton
**Chthonerpeton arii
**Chthonerpeton braestrupi
**Chthonerpeton exile
**Chthonerpeton indistinctum
**Chthonerpeton noctinectes
**Chthonerpeton onorei
**Chthonerpeton perissodus
**Chthonerpeton viviparum

*Genus Nectocaecillia
**Nectocaecillia petersii

*Genus Potomotyphlus
**Potomotyphlus kaupii

*Genus Typhlonectes
**Typhlonectes compressicauda
**Typhlonectes natans

References

*cite journal
last = San Mauro
first = Diego
title = Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1
doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.014
journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
volume = 33
pages = 413–427
year = 2004
month = November
coauthors = David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, Mark Wilkinson and Rafael Zardoya
*cite journal
last = San Mauro
first = Diego
title = Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea
url = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AN/journal/issues/v165n5/40546/40546.html
journal = American Naturalist
volume = 165
pages = 590–599
year = 2005
month = May
coauthors = Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer
doi = 10.1086/429523
format = Dead link|date=May 2008