Two-lined Caecilians
Rhinatrema
Rhinatrema is a genus of caecilians in the family Rhinatrematidae. Their common name is two-lined caecilians. The genus is known from the Guyanas (Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname) and adjacent Brazil. Most Rhinatrema are known to inhabit and live in areas of tropical forests where there is an abundance of dense, dead vegetation matter.
Rhinatrema are primitive caecilians that have a true tail. They are oviparous.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Two-lined Caecilian
speciesRhinatrema bivittatum
Rhinatrema gilbertogili
speciesRhinatrema gilbertogili
Kok's Rhinatrème
speciesRhinatrema koki
Black Caecilian
speciesRhinatrema nigrum
Ron's Rhinatrema
speciesRhinatrema ron
Shiv's Caecilian
speciesRhinatrema shiv
Rhinatrema uaiuai
speciesRhinatrema uaiuai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28193.