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Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Ramaswami's Caecilian)

Wikipedia Abstract

The forest caecilian, Gegeneophis ramaswamii, is a greyish and rather large (34 cm) species of caecilian. Its tentacles are placed just behind and below the level of the nostrils. The eyes are not visible. This is probably the most abundant species of caecilian within its range. Found in southern Kerala, it occurs in very high densities in agricultural fields.
View Wikipedia Record: Gegeneophis ramaswamii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
25
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
49
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 48.47
EDGE Score: 3.9
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  13 inches (34 cm)
Litter Size [1]  12
Litters / Year [1]  1
Adult Weight [1]  12 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Malabar Coast moist forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shendurney Sanctuary 24790 India  
Western Ghats World Heritage Site 1965266 Kerala, India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka No

Prey / Diet

Tetramorium bicarinatum (Guinea ant)[2]
Tetramorium smithi[2]

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.
♦ 2A subterranean generalist predator: diet of the soil-dwelling caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia; Gymnophiona; Caeciliidae) in southern India, G. John Measey, David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, Mark Wilkinson, C. R. Biologies 327 (2004) 65–76
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