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Potomotyphlus kaupii

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA GYMNOPHIONA CAECILIIDAE

Scientific Name: Potomotyphlus kaupii
Species Authority: (Berthold, 1859)
Common Name/s:
Spanish – Cecilia De Rio
Taxonomic Notes: This is a poorly circumscribed species in need of taxonomic review (M. Wilkinson pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2010
Assessor/s: Mark Wilkinson, John Measey, Enrique La Marca, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Fernando Castro
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 wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
History:
2004 – Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is found in the Amazon and Orinoco drainage systems of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, below 500m asl. The southern limit of the distribution is poorly known, and it probably ranges further south than is mapped here.
Countries:
Native:
Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population: It is poorly known but it is occasionally seen in good numbers.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It is a predominately, if not completely, aquatic species that lives in rivers, streams, large and small lakes, and flooded plains. It is viviparous in water.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The threats to this species are unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in several protected areas.
Citation: Mark Wilkinson, John Measey, Enrique La Marca, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Fernando Castro 2010. Potomotyphlus kaupii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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