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Typhlonectes
Sign in to saveTyphlonectes (from , 'blind' and , 'swimmer') is a genus of caecilians in the family Typhlonectidae. These fully aquatic amphibians are found in the Amazon Basin and Northern South America, and typically range between in length.
Species
Rubber Eel
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderGymnophiona
- FamilyTyphlonectidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Typhlonectidae
- Collections
- NCSM, ROM, CUMV, TNHC, USNM, UTA
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Locality Unknown, Colombia, Guyane
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caeciliidae
- Image
- Typhlonectes compressicauda 2.jpg
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- Typhlonectes
- taxon name
- Typhlonectes
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Typhlonectes
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Typhlonectes (from , 'blind' and , 'swimmer') is a genus of caecilians in the family Typhlonectidae. These fully aquatic amphibians are found in the Amazon Basin and Northern South America, and typically range between in length.
The genus contains two species: Typhlonectes compressicauda (Typhlonectes cunhai) Typhlonectes natans
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Typhlonectes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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