Geotrypetes seraphini

Geotrypetes seraphini, the Gaboon caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Dermophiidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and possibly Angola, and the Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

Geotrypetes seraphini
Gaboon caecilian (middle) in Rochebrune's Faune de la Sénégambie
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Dermophiidae
Genus: Geotrypetes
Species:
G. seraphini
Binomial name
Geotrypetes seraphini
(Dumeril, 1859)

References

  1. Loader, S.; Rödel, M.-O.; Wilkinson, M. (2004). "Geotrypetes seraphini". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T59557A11963228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59557A11963228.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.


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