Caecilia attenuata Taylor, 1968

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Caeciliidae > Genus: Caecilia > Species: Caecilia attenuata

Caecilia attenuata Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 358. Holotype: NHMW 9117.1, by original designation. Type locality: "Perú (no definite locality)".

Common Names

Attenuated Caecilian (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: xxxi). 

Ilulo Atenuado (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: xxxi).

Santa Rosa Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 23).

Distribution

Known from the imprecise type locality (Peru) and Santa Rosa (1803 m elevation), Napo, Ecuador.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador, Peru

Comment

The Santa Rosa, Napo, Ecuador record provided by Taylor, 1973, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 50: 187–231. Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 4: 326–327, provided an account, with photographs, which summarized identification, morphology, systematics, natural history, distribution (including a dot map for Ecuador), and conservation.    

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