Rhinatrematidae

Epicrionops sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Rhinatrematidae
Genera (3): Amazops – Epicrionops – Rhinatrema

Name

Rhinatrematidae Nussbaum, 1977: 3

• Type genus: Rhinatrema Duméril & Bibron, 1841, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Rhinatrematoides — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986: 158 [Hiperfamilia]
• Rhinatrematoidea — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986: 158 [Superfamilia]
• Rhinatremoidae — Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986: 158 [Epifamilia]

References

• Nussbaum, R.A. 1977. Rhinatrematidae: a new family of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 682: 1–30. hdl: 2027.42/57118
• Lescure, J., Renous, S. & Gasc, J.-P. 1986. Proposition d'une nouvelle classification des amphibiens gymnophiones. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 43: 145–177.

Additional references

• Pyron, R.A. & Wiens, J.J. 2011. A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2,800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 543–583. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.012 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, M., San Mauro, D., Sherratt, E. & Gower, D.J. 2011. A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zootaxa 2874(1): 41–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2874.1.3 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, M., Reynolds, R.P. & Jacobs, J.F. 2021. A new genus and species of rhinatrematid caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Ecuador. Herpetological Journal 31: 27–34. DOI: 10.33256/31.1.2734 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Rhinatrematidae. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (21 February 2021). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001

Vernacular names

English: Beaked Caecilians