Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Gymnophiona > Dermophiidae > Schistometopum > Schistometopum gregorii

Schistometopum gregorii (Flood-plain-dwelling Caecilian)

Synonyms: Bdellophis unicolor; Dermophis gregorii

Wikipedia Abstract

Schistometopum gregorii is a species of amphibian in the Dermophiidae family.It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, swamps, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Schistometopum gregorii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
33
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
53
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 64.98
EDGE Score: 4.19

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  14 inches (36.3 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Malindi-Watamu Biosphere Reserve 48433 Kenya  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania Yes

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