Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis

Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Scolecomorphidae
Genus: Crotaphatrema
Species: C. tchabalmbaboensis
Binomial name
Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis
Lawson, 2000

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 western Cameroon, and described to science as a new species in 2000.[1] Three specimens were collected at the type locality, and no individuals have been observed since.[2]

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.[1] The species is known only from the northern face of one mountain, where it was collected from forests on steep, sloping terrain.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Lawson, D. P. (2000). A new caecilian from Cameroon, Africa (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae). Herpetologica 56(1), 77-80.
  2. 1 2 Loader, S., et al. 2004. Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 05 October 2013.
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