Atretochoana eiselti (Taylor, 1968)
Typhlonectes eiselti Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 244. Holotype: NHMW 9144, by original designation. Type locality: "South America".
Atretochoana eiselti — Nussbaum and Wilkinson, 1995, Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. B, Biol. Sci., 261: 331-335.
English Names
Eiselt's Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 26).
Atretochoan of Eistelt (Méral, 2009, Common Names in Three Languages: 13).
Distribution
Known on from warm turbid waters in two widely separated localities in Brazil: 1) the Baia de Marajo, near the mouth of the Amazon River in the state of Belem, and 2) Cachoeira Santo Antônio) near the border between Brazil and Bolivia in the Madeira river, in the state of Rondônia, near the border with Bolivia; expect to have a much wider range, likely into Bolivia.
Comment
Wilkinson and Nussbaum, 2006, In Exbrayat (ed.), Reprod. Biol. Phylog. Gymnophiona: 39-78 [69-70] diagnosed the taxon and briefly discussed its provenance. Hoogmoed, Maciel, and Coragem, 2012 "2011", Bol. Mus. Parense Emilio Goeldi, Cienc. Nat., 6: 241-262, discussed three recently collected specimens and provided a wealth of information.
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