Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Gymnophiona > Siphonopidae > Luetkenotyphlus > Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis

Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis (Sao Paulo Caecilian)

Synonyms: Dermophis brasiliensis; Siphonops brasiliensis; Siphonops confusionis

Wikipedia Abstract

Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis (common name: Sao Paulo caecilian) is a species of amphibian in the Siphonopidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Luetkenotyphlus.It is found in Misiones Province in northern Argentina and northwards to São Paulo state in Brazil; it likely occurs in adjacent Paraguay. Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis is a poorly known species. It probably inhabits forest, but it has also been found in urban gardens. This suggests that it is somewhat adaptable species.
View Wikipedia Record: Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
33
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Not determined do to incomplete vulnerability data.
ED Score: 63.7

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  20 inches (50.2 cm)

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil 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.
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