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Rhinatrema (Two-lined caecilians)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinatrematidae

Taxonomy
Rhinatrema was named by Dumeril and Bibron (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhinatrematidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Rhinatrema Dumeril and Bibron
1996Rhinatrema Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
GymnophionomorphaMarjanović and Laurin 2008
orderGymnophionaRafinesque 1814
Apoda(Oppel 1810)
familyRhinatrematidae
genusRhinatremaDumeril and Bibron 1841

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rhinatrema Dumeril and Bibron 1841 [Two-lined caecilians]
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Rhinatrema bivittatum Guerin-Meneville 1838 [Two-lined caecilian]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available