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Atretochoana eiselti

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA GYMNOPHIONA CAECILIIDAE

Scientific Name: Atretochoana eiselti
Species Authority: (Taylor, 1968)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Mark Wilkinson, John Measey, Marvalee Wake
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is extremely poorly known. One specimen comes from an unspecified location in South America, and a second specimen comes from an unspecified location in Brazil.
Countries:
Native:
Brazil
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Population [top]

Population: It is known only from two specimens.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This is an aquatic, presumably viviparous species, possibly associated with cold, fast-flowing, well-oxygenated streams. It is the only lungless caecilian.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There is no information on threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is not known from any protected areas.
Citation: Mark Wilkinson, John Measey, Marvalee Wake 2004. Atretochoana eiselti. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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