Caecilia disossea

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	GYMNOPHIONA	CAECILIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Caecilia disossea
Species Authority:	Taylor, 1968
Taxonomic Notes:	This is a poorly circumscribed species in need of taxonomic review (M. Wilkinson pers. comm.).

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Javier Icochea, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Ariadne Angulo, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Mark Wilkinson
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its relatively wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Range Description:	This species occurs in Amazonian Peru and Ecuador, and ranges from the mouth of the Río Santiago, Peru, through the Cordillera del Cóndor to the Napo River in Ecuador. Its altitudinal range is incompletely known; it has been recorded from lowland areas around 300m asl.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador; Peru
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Population:	There is no information on the population of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a subterranean species in primary tropical rainforest and in cleared habitats (Duellman, 1978), sometimes being found in clearings after heavy rains. There is no information on its breeding.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	It occurs in an area of low human impact, and has been found in cleared areas, and so it is unlikely to be significantly threatened.

Major Threat(s):

It occurs in an area of low human impact, and has been found in cleared areas, and so it is unlikely to be significantly threatened.

Conservation Actions:	It is believed to be present within a number of protected areas in Ecuador. In Peru it might be protected within the Santiago Comaina Reserved Zone.

Conservation Actions:

It is believed to be present within a number of protected areas in Ecuador. In Peru it might be protected within the Santiago Comaina Reserved Zone.

Citation:	Javier Icochea, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Ariadne Angulo, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Caecilia disossea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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