Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Scolecomorphidae |
Genus: | Crotaphatrema |
Species: | C. tchabalmbaboensis
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Binomial name | |
Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis Lawson, 2000
[2]
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Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis is a species of caecilian in the family Scolecomorphidae, the tropical or African caecilians. It was discovered in 1997 on Mount Tchabal Mbabo in the Adamawa Plateau, western Cameroon, and described as a new species to science in 2000. [2] [3] Three specimens were collected at the type locality, and no individuals have been observed since. [1]
This caecilian, the third species in the genus Crotaphatrema, is differentiated from the others by size, body shape, color pattern, and the lack of grooves on its collars. [2]
The type series consists of two adult females measuring 298 and 338 mm (11.7 and 13.3 in) in total length, and a subadult female measuring 278 mm (10.9 in). The body width is 8–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in). The eyes are not visible externally. The dorsum is blue- black and the venter is cream. The border between the dorsal and ventral coloration has a serrated pattern. [2]
The species is known only from the northern face of one mountain, where it was collected from forests on steep, sloping terrain at 1,950–2,000 m (6,400–6,560 ft) above sea level. It is not known if it can survive in the surrounding heavily grazed pastureland. Mount Tchabal Mbabo has been proposed as a national park, which provide protection for the species' forest habitat. [1]
Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Scolecomorphidae |
Genus: | Crotaphatrema |
Species: | C. tchabalmbaboensis
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Binomial name | |
Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis Lawson, 2000
[2]
|
Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis is a species of caecilian in the family Scolecomorphidae, the tropical or African caecilians. It was discovered in 1997 on Mount Tchabal Mbabo in the Adamawa Plateau, western Cameroon, and described as a new species to science in 2000. [2] [3] Three specimens were collected at the type locality, and no individuals have been observed since. [1]
This caecilian, the third species in the genus Crotaphatrema, is differentiated from the others by size, body shape, color pattern, and the lack of grooves on its collars. [2]
The type series consists of two adult females measuring 298 and 338 mm (11.7 and 13.3 in) in total length, and a subadult female measuring 278 mm (10.9 in). The body width is 8–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in). The eyes are not visible externally. The dorsum is blue- black and the venter is cream. The border between the dorsal and ventral coloration has a serrated pattern. [2]
The species is known only from the northern face of one mountain, where it was collected from forests on steep, sloping terrain at 1,950–2,000 m (6,400–6,560 ft) above sea level. It is not known if it can survive in the surrounding heavily grazed pastureland. Mount Tchabal Mbabo has been proposed as a national park, which provide protection for the species' forest habitat. [1]