Boulengerula spawlsi Wilkinson, Malonza, Campbell, and Loader, 2017

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Herpelidae > Genus: Boulengerula > Species: Boulengerula spawlsi

Boulengerula spawlsi Wilkinson, Malonza, Campbell, and Loader, 2017, Zootaxa, 4286: 526. Holotype: NMK A5596/2, by original designation. Type locality: "Ngaia Forest Reserve, Nyambene Hills, Meru County, Kenya, N 0° 22′ 47.3″ E 38° 0′ 47.5″, 1419 m asl". Zoobank publication registration: FCA5F156-422B-4E07-ACF1-189F6BFA873F 

English Names

Spawls’ Boolee (original publication). 

Spawls' Caecilian (Spawls, Wasonga, and Drewes, 2019, Amph. Kenya: 53). 

Nyambene Hills Caecilian (Spawls, Wasonga, and Drewes, 2019, Amph. Kenya: 53). 

Distribution

Vicinity of the type locality (Ngaia Forest Reserve, Nyambene Hills, Meru County, Kenya, ca. 1419 m asl). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Kenya

Endemic: Kenya

Comment

 Spawls, Wasonga, and Drewes, 2019, Amph. Kenya: 53, provided a photograph, range map, and brief characterization. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 30, provided a brief account and range map.

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