Rhinatrema

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Rhinatrema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Rhinatrematidae
Genus: Rhinatrema
Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Type species
Caecilia bivittata

Rhinatrema is a genus of caecilians in the family Rhinatrematidae. [1] [2] Their common name is two-lined caecilians. The genus is known from the Guyanas (Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname) and adjacent Brazil. [1] Most Rhinatrema are known to inhabit and live in areas of tropical forests where there is an abundance of dense, dead vegetation matter. [3]

Rhinatrema are primitive caecilians that have a true tail. They are oviparous. [4]

Until recently, the two-lined caecilian (R. bivittatum) was the only species in the genus Rhinatrema. However, in 2010 and 2018, new species were described. The genus now contains now six species: [1] [2]

Binomial name and authorDistributionStatus
Rhinatrema bivittatum (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil Least Concern [5]
Rhinatrema gilbertogili Maciel, Sampaio, Hoogmoed, and Schneider, 2018BrazilNot evaluated
Rhinatrema nigrum Dunn, 1942Guyana, Venezuela, possibly Brazil Least Concern [6]
Rhinatrema ron Wilkinson and Gower, 2010BrazilNot evaluated
Rhinatrema shiv Gower, Wilkinson, Sherratt, and Kok, 2010GuyanaNot evaluated
Rhinatrema uaiuai Maciel, Sampaio, Hoogmoed, and Schneider, 2018BrazilNot evaluated

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