''Chthonerpeton'' is a genus of semiaquatic

amphibian Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniote, anamniotic, tetrapod, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class (biology), class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all Tetrapod, tetrapods, but excl ...

s in the family Typhlonectidae. They occur in

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east of the

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Species

''Chthonerpeton'' contains the following species: * '' Chthonerpeton arii'' Cascon and Lima-Verde, 1994 * '' Chthonerpeton braestrupi'' Taylor, 1968 * '' Chthonerpeton exile'' Nussbaum and Wilkinson, 1987 * '' Chthonerpeton indistinctum'' (Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862) * '' Chthonerpeton noctinectes'' Silva, Britto-Pereira, and Caramaschi, 2003 * '' Chthonerpeton onorei'' Nussbaum, 1986 * '' Chthonerpeton perissodus'' Nussbaum and Wilkinson, 1987 * '' Chthonerpeton tremembe'' Maciel, Leite, Silva-Leite, Leite, and Cascon, 2015 * '' Chthonerpeton viviparum'' Parker and Wettstein, 1929

References

Amphibian genera Amphibians of South America Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Caecilian-stub