Microcaecilia nicefori

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Microcaecilia nicefori
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Siphonopidae
Genus: Microcaecilia
Species:
M. nicefori
Binomial name
Microcaecilia nicefori
(Barbour, 1924)
Synonyms [2]
  • Gymnophis niceforiBarbour, 1924
  • Parvicaecilia nicefori(Barbour, 1924)

Microcaecilia nicefori is a species of caecilian in the family Siphonopidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and irrigated land.

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Microcaecilia nicefori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T59587A85909444. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T59587A85909444.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Microcaecilia nicefori". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 6 October 2019.