Caecilia abitaguae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Gymnophiona
- Family
- Caeciliidae
- Genus
- Caecilia
- Species
- Caecilia abitaguae
- Scientific Name
- Caecilia abitaguae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Caecilia abitaguae
Caecilia abitaguae is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Two individuals of Caecilia abutaguae were observed during collection to exhibit possible intraspecific aggression. One individual was found actively biting the mid-body of the other, resulting in visible bleeding at the bite mark. Such aggressive interactions are rare in caecilian reports and may indicate social, territorial, or stress-induced behavior that had previously gone undocumented.
...Caecilia abitaguae in languages:
- Czech
- cecílie velká
- English
- Abitagua Caecilian
- Russian
- Гигантская червяга
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Caecilia abitaguae
- Caecilia albiventris
- Caecilia antioquiaensis
- Caecilia aprix
- Caecilia armata
- Caecilia atelolepis
- Caecilia attenuata
- Caecilia bokermanni
- Caecilia caribea
- Caecilia corpulenta
- Caecilia crassisquama
- Caecilia degenerata
- Caecilia disossea
- Caecilia dunni
- Caecilia epicrionopsoides
- Caecilia flavopunctata
- Caecilia goweri
- Caecilia gracilis
- Caecilia guntheri
- Caecilia inca
- Caecilia isthmica
- Caecilia leucocephala
- Caecilia macrodonta
- Caecilia marcusi
- Caecilia museugoeldi
- Caecilia nigricans
- Caecilia occidentalis
- Caecilia orientalis
- Caecilia pachynema
- Caecilia perdita
- Caecilia pulchraserrana
- Caecilia subdermalis
- Caecilia subnigricans
- Caecilia subterminalis
- Caecilia tentaculata
- Caecilia tenuissima
- Caecilia thompsoni
- Caecilia volcani

