| Typhlonectes compressicauda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Typhlonectidae |
| Genus: | Typhlonectes |
| Species: | T. compressicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhlonectes compressicauda | |
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| 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,[2] and according to some sources, Venezuela.[1] It is an aquatic caecilian that inhabits permanent rivers and marshes mainly in the lowland forest zone.[1]
- ^ a b c Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Marinus Hoogmoed, Mark Wilkinson, John Measey (2010). "Typhlonectes compressicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T59599A11959503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T59599A11959503.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Typhlonectes compressicauda (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 January 2015.