Aleku caecilian

Aleku caecilian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Indotyphlidae
Genus: Sylvacaecilia
Species: S. grandisonae
Binomial name
Sylvacaecilia grandisonae
(Taylor, 1970)

The Aleku caecilian, Sylvacaecilia grandisonae, is a species of amphibian in the Indotyphlidae family, endemic to Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater springs.

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