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Chthonerpeton braestrupi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA GYMNOPHIONA CAECILIIDAE

Scientific Name: Chthonerpeton braestrupi
Species Authority: Taylor, 1968

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Mark Wilkinson, John Measey, Débora Silvano, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the non-specific type locality of "Brazil" (Taylor 1968).
Countries:
Native:
Brazil
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Population [top]

Population: There is no information on its population status; it is known only from the holotype.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: There is no information available in the literature about its biology or ecology, although it might be similar to Chthonerpeton indistinctum, and be viviparous, with breeding taking place in water.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There is no information on threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is not known to occur in any protected areas.
Citation: Mark Wilkinson, John Measey, Débora Silvano, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz 2004. Chthonerpeton braestrupi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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