Typhlonectes compressicauda
| Typhlonectes compressicauda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Typhlonectidae |
| Genus: | Typhlonectes |
| Species: | T. compressicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlonectes compressicauda | |
| Synonyms | |
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Typhlonectes cunhai Cascon, Lima-Verde, and Benevides Marques, 1991 | |
Typhlonectes compressicauda, the Cayenne caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Typhlonectidae that lives in water. It is found in Amazonian Brazil, Peru, and Colombia as well as in Guyana and French Guiana, and likely Suriname, and according to some sources, Venezuela. It is an aquatic caecilian that inhabits permanent rivers and marshes mainly in the lowland forest zone.