Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Gymnophiona > Dermophiidae > Dermophis > Dermophis oaxacae

Dermophis oaxacae (Oaxacan Caecilian)

Synonyms: Dermophis multiplicatus oaxacae; Gymnopis multiplicata oaxacae; Gymnopis multiplicatus oaxacae
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

Dermophis oaxacae is a species of amphibian in the Dermophiidae family, endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Dermophis oaxacae

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  18 inches (45.4 cm)
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Balsas dry forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Central American pine-oak forests Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Jalisco dry forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Southern Pacific dry forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0