Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Gymnophiona > Ichthyophiidae > Uraeotyphlus > Uraeotyphlus oxyurus

Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (Pale-throated Caecilian)

Synonyms: Caecilia oxyura

Wikipedia Abstract

The red caecilian, Uraeotyphlus oxyurus, is a species of caecilian endemic to India.
View Wikipedia Record: Uraeotyphlus oxyurus

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  12 inches (30 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Malabar Coast moist forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
South Western Ghats montane rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Anamalai Sanctuary 207937 Tamil Nadu, India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Rhabdias escheri[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.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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