Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Gymnophiona > Typhlonectidae > Chthonerpeton > Chthonerpeton indistinctum

Chthonerpeton indistinctum (Argentine Caecilian)

Synonyms: Chthonerpeton corrugatum; Chthonerpeton erugatum; Chthonerpeton hellmichi; Nectocaecilia fasciata; Siphonops indistinctus

Wikipedia Abstract

Chthonerpeton indistinctum is a species of amphibian in the Typhlonectidae family found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
13
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
40
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 27.05
EDGE Score: 3.33
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  17 inches (43.5 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Humid Pampas Argentina Neotropic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Paraná flooded savanna Argentina Neotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Uruguayan savanna Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Iberá Nature Reserve 2965265 Corrientes, Argentina  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No

Predators

Sordellina punctata (Dotted Brown Snake)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ophiotaenia bonariensis[3]
Proteocephalus bonariensis <Unverified Name>[3]
Rauschiella sera[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 2The caecilian amphibian Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger as prey of the burrowing asp Atractaspis aterrima Gu ̈ nther: trophic relationships of fossorial vertebrates, David J. Gower, Jens B. Rasmussen, Simon P. Loader and Mark Wilkinson, 2004, African Journal of Ecology, Afr. J. Ecol., 42, 83–87
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0