Rhinatrematidae

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Neotropical tailed caecilians
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Gymnophiona Family: Rhinatrematidae Nussbaum, 1977
Genera
Epicrionops  Rhinatrema

Rhinatrematidae is the family of neotropical tailed caecilians or beaked caecilians. Members of the family are found in the equatorial countries of South America.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are nine species in two genera.

• Genus Epicrionops
  • Epicrionops bicolor - found in Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia.
  • Epicrionops columbianus
  • Epicrionops lativittatus
  • Epicrionops marmoratus
  • Epicrionops niger
  • Epicrionops parkeri
  • Epicrionops peruvianus
  • Epicrionops petersi

• Genus Rhinatrema
  • Rhinatrema bivittatum

[edit] References

• Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians." Herpetological Monographs, (3), 1-42
• San Mauro, Diego; David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, Mark Wilkinson and Rafael Zardoya (November 2004). "Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 413-427. 
• San Mauro, Diego; Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea". American Naturalist 165: 590-599. 
• Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004