Chthonerpeton
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Chthonerpeton is a genus of amphibian
Amphibian
Amphibians , are a class of vertebrate animals including animals such as toads, frogs, caecilians, and salamanders. They are characterized as non-amniote ectothermic tetrapods...

 in the Caeciliidae
Caeciliidae
Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in central and south America, equatorial Africa and India. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes....

 family.
It contains the following species:
  • Chthonerpeton arii
    Chthonerpeton arii
    Chthonerpeton arii is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and...

  • Chthonerpeton braestrupi
    Chthonerpeton braestrupi
    Chthonerpeton braestrupi is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals and ditches, and .-Source:*...

  • Chthonerpeton exile
    Chthonerpeton exile
    Chthonerpeton exile is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural...

  • Chthonerpeton indistinctum
    Chthonerpeton indistinctum
    Chthonerpeton indistinctum is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded...

  • Chthonerpeton noctinectes
    Chthonerpeton noctinectes
    Chthonerpeton noctinectes is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, and pastureland.-Source:...

  • Chthonerpeton onorei
    Chthonerpeton onorei
    Chthonerpeton onorei is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land,...

  • Chthonerpeton perissodus
    Chthonerpeton perissodus
    Chthonerpeton perissodus is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals and ditches, and .-Source:*...

  • Chthonerpeton viviparum
    Chthonerpeton viviparum
    Chthonerpeton viviparum is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded...

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