Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Gymnophiona > Rhinatrematidae > Epicrionops > Epicrionops columbianus

Epicrionops columbianus (El Tambo Caecilian)

Synonyms: Rhinatrema columbianum

Wikipedia Abstract

The El Tambo caecilian, Epicrionops columbianus, is a species of caecilian in the Rhinatrematidae familyendemic to Colombia. It is known from the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental in Cauca and Chocó Departments. The species' natural habitats are montane forests where it occurs underground or among fallen leaves. Specific threats to it are unknown.
View Wikipedia Record: Epicrionops columbianus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Epicrionops columbianus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
45
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Not determined do to incomplete vulnerability data.
ED Score: 86.46
View EDGE Record: Epicrionops columbianus

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  6 inches (16.1 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cauca Valley montane forests Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela 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