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Boulengerula taitana (Taita African Caecilian)

Synonyms: Afrocaecilia taitana; Boulengerula taitanus

Wikipedia Abstract

Boulengerula taitana (commons names: Taita African caecilian, Taita Hills caecilian, Taita Mountains caecilian) is a species of caecilian from Africa.
View Wikipedia Record: Boulengerula taitana

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Boulengerula taitana

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
31
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
52
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 60.07
EDGE Score: 4.11
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  17 inches (42 cm)
Litter Size [1]  9
Litters / Year [1]  1
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Arc forests Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe 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