Gaboon caecilian
| Gaboon caecilian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Dermophiidae |
| Genus: | Geotrypetes |
| Species: | G. seraphini |
| Binomial name | |
| Geotrypetes seraphini (Dumeril, 1859) | |
The Gaboon caecilian, Geotrypetes seraphini, is a species of amphibian in the Dermophiidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and possibly Angola, and the Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
References
- Loader, S., Rödel, M.-O. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. Geotrypetes seraphini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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