Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Gymnophiona > Caeciliidae > Caecilia > Caecilia thompsoniCaecilia thompsoni (Thompson's Caecilian)Caecilia thompsoni, commonly called Thompson's caecilian is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is endemic to Colombia. It is the largest of the worm-like caecilians and reaches a length of 1.5 m (5 ft) and can weigh up to about 1 kg (2.2 lb).Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. |
Adult Length [1] | 4.986 feet (152 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Magdalena Valley montane forests |
Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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