Epicrionops

Genus of amphibians

Epicrionops
Epicrionops sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Rhinatrematidae
Genus: Epicrionops
Boulenger, 1883

Epicrionops is a genus of caecilians in the family Rhinatrematidae. Species in this genus are known from Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru, and are likely to occur in Venezuela and Brazil.[1]

Species included (as of October 2019):[1]

  • Epicrionops bicolor Boulenger, 1883
  • Epicrionops columbianus (Rendahl and Vestergren, 1939)
  • Epicrionops lativittatus Taylor, 1968
  • Epicrionops marmoratus Taylor, 1968
  • Epicrionops parkeri (Dunn, 1942)
  • Epicrionops peruvianus (Boulenger, 1902)
  • Epicrionops petersi Taylor, 1968

References

  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Epicrionops". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Lissamphibia
Tetrapodomorpha
    • see Tetrapodomorpha
Batrachomorpha / Temnospondyli
    • see Temnospondyli
Dissorophoidea
    • see Dissorophoidea
Lissamphibia
    • see below↓
Albanerpetontidae?
Albanerpeton inexpectatum

Eocaecilia micropodia Triassurus sixtelae

Triadobatrachus massinoti
Gymnophionomorpha (caecilians total group)
Gymnophiona (caecilians crown group)
Rhinatrematidae (American tailed caecilians)
Ichthyophiidae (Asian tailed caecilians)
Scolecomorphidae (buried-eyed caecilians)
Chikilidae (Northeast Indian caecilians)
Herpelidae (African caecilians)
Typhlonectidae (aquatic caecilians)
Caeciliidae (common caecilians)
Grandisoniidae (Indo-African caecilians)
Dermophiidae (Neotropical caecilians)
Siphonopidae (South American caecilians)


Batrachia
(salamanders + frogs
crown group)
Caudata
(salamanders
total group)
Karauridae
Batrachosauroididae
Urodela (salamanders crown group)
    • 115 genera
Salientia
(frogs
total group)
Anura (frogs crown group)
    • several hundred genera
Taxon identifiers
Epicrionops


Stub icon

This caecilian article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e