Chthonerpeton braestrupi

Chthonerpeton braestrupi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Typhlonectidae
Genus:	Chthonerpeton
Species:	C. braestrupi
Binomial name
Chthonerpeton braestrupi Taylor, 1968

Chthonerpeton braestrupi is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals and ditches.

References

1. Mark Wilkinson, John Measey, Débora Silvano, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz (2004). "Chthonerpeton braestrupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T59535A11960054. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59535A11960054.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.