Caecilia antioquiaensis

Caecilia antioquiaensis, the Antioquia caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It is endemic to Colombia and only known from its type locality in the Cordillera Central in Valdivia, Antioquia.[2] It is a poorly known subterranean species, occurring in humid tropical forest.[1]

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

References

  1. John Lynch; Fernando Castro; Maria Isabel Herrera; Mark Wilkinson (2004). "Caecilia antioquiaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59503A11950452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59503A11950452.en. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Caecilia antioquiaensis Taylor, 1968". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 June 2014.


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