title: The karyotype of Typhlonectes compressicauda (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with comments on chromosome evolution in caecilians.
abstract: Typhlonectes compressicauda has a diploid number of 28. Its karyotype, when compared to that of other caecilians, suggests some discordance in the hypothesized model of chromosome reduction in the evolution of amphibian lineages.
mesh_terms: D000663:Amphibians / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male