Caecilia epicrionopsoides Fernández-Roldán, Lynch, and Medina-Rangel, 2023

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

Caecilia epicrionopsoides Fernández-Roldán, Lynch, and Medina-Rangel, 2023, Zootaxa, 5227: 213. Holotype: ICN 58307, by original designation. Type locality: "finca La Isla, on the shores of Río Batá, Santa María, Boyacá, Colombia, . . . , 4°51’13.36’’N, 73°16’00.12’’W, 784 m." Zoobank publication registration: 7781A542-97A6-4E90-A2FE-20C0650B29B0

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from Paya and Santa María (Boyacá), Nunchía, Casanare, Medina (Cundinamarca), San Martín (Meta), Toledo, P.N.N. Tamá (Norte de Santander), Colombia, and Uribante (Táchira), Venezuela on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental and Piedemonte Llanero in Colombia and neighboring Táchira, Venezuela, between 250–1220 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia, Venezuela

Comment

Previously confused with Caecilia subnigricans, Caecilia degenerata, and Caecilia tentaculata according to the original publication.

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