Biology:Caecilia crassisquama

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Caecilia crassisquama
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Caeciliidae
Genus: Caecilia
Species:
C. crassisquama
Binomial name
Caecilia crassisquama
Taylor, 1968

Caecilia crassisquama is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It is endemic to Ecuador and only known from the holotype collected in "Normandia, Zuñía, Río Upana", now in the Sangay National Park.[1][2] It is a subterranean species that was collected in montane forest.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Ana Almendáriz, Mark Wilkinson (2004). "Caecilia crassisquama". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59509A11952112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59509A11952112.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59509/11952112. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Caecilia crassisquama Taylor, 1968". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Caeciliidae/Caecilia/Caecilia-crassisquama. Retrieved 11 November 2015. 

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