Caecilia degenerata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	GYMNOPHIONA	CAECILIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Caecilia degenerata
Species Authority:	Dunn, 1942
Taxonomic Notes:	The taxonomic status of this species is unclear.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, Mark Wilkinson
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 taxonomic status, extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs on both the western and eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in the Colombian Andes, in the departments of Boyaca, Cundinamarca and Santander, at 800-2,100m asl.
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is apparently common in parts of its range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a subterranean species in montane forest. Although its breeding biology is unknown, it is thought likely to breed by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Deforestation as a result of expanding agriculture is a potential threat to it, but there is not enough information available to confirm this.

Major Threat(s):

Deforestation as a result of expanding agriculture is a potential threat to it, but there is not enough information available to confirm this.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species occurs in the Santuario de Fauna y Flora Guanentá Alto Río Fonce. It is in need of taxonomic review (Wilkinson pers. comm.), and the conspecificity of the populations on the two slopes of the Cordillera Oriental needs to be examined.

Conservation Actions:

This species occurs in the Santuario de Fauna y Flora Guanentá Alto Río Fonce. It is in need of taxonomic review (Wilkinson pers. comm.), and the conspecificity of the populations on the two slopes of the Cordillera Oriental needs to be examined.

Citation:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Caecilia degenerata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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