Crotaphatrema lamottei

Crotaphatrema lamottei, the Mount Oku caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Scolecomorphidae, endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests.

Crotaphatrema lamottei

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Scolecomorphidae
Genus: Crotaphatrema
Species:
C. lamottei
Binomial name
Crotaphatrema lamottei
(Nussbaum, 1981)

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. Crotaphatrema lamottei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T59649A16957270. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59649A16957270.en. Downloaded on 21 December 2018.


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