Caecilia antioquiaensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Caeciliidae |
Genus: | Caecilia |
Species: | C. antioquiaensis |
Binomial name | |
Caecilia antioquiaensis Taylor, 1968 | |
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, usually occurring in humid tropical forests. [1]
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