Rhinatrema nigrum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Rhinatrematidae
Genus: Rhinatrema
Species: Rhinatrema nigrum

Name

Rhinatrema nigrum Dunn, 1942: 458

Holotype: AMNH. [lost]

Neotype: MBUCV 5360. [designated by Taylor (1968: 209)]

Type locality: “Arundabara, British Guiana [=Guyana], elevation 2200 feet”, redesignated by neotype designation to “El Dorado, Bolívar, Venezuela” by Taylor (1968: 209).

Combinations

Epicrionops nigrus — Taylor, 1968: 209 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
Epicrionops niger — Barrio-Amorós, 1999: 63 [subsequent combination, correct spelling]
Rhinatrema nigrum — Maciel, Sampaio, Hoogmoed & Schneider, 2018: 287 [subsequent combination, restaure to the original genus]

References

Primary references

Dunn, E.R. 1942. The American caecilians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 91: 437–540.
Barrio-Amorós, 1999, Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 63.

Maciel, A.O., Sampaio, M.I.C., Hoogmoed, M.S. & Schneider, H. 2018. Description of two new species of Rhinatrema (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Brazil and the return of Epicrionops niger to Rhinatrema. South American Journal of Herpetology 13(3): 287–299. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00054.1 Reference page.

Links

Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Rhinatrema nigrum
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Rhinatrema nigrum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

Hoogmoed, M., Reynolds, R., Wilkinson, M. & Wake, M. 2004. IUCN: Rhinatrema nigrum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59643A11975214. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59643A11975214.en

Vernacular names

English: Black Caecilian

This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.