Boulengerula uluguruensis

Boulengerula uluguruensis, the Uluguru pink caecilian or Uluguru African caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Caeciliidae. It is endemic to Tanzania where it is found in the Nguu, Nguru, and Uluguru Mountains.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]

Boulengerula uluguruensis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Herpelidae
Genus: Boulengerula
Species:
B. uluguruensis
Binomial name
Boulengerula uluguruensis

References

  1. Loader, S.; Howell, K. & Measey, J. (2004). "Boulengerula uluguruensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Boulengerula uluguruensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 July 2013.


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