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 youngs 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

Caecilians

References

Typhlonectidae