Caecilia nigricans

Caecilia nigricans
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Family:	Caeciliidae
Genus:	Caecilia
Species:	C. nigricans
Binomial name
Caecilia nigricans Boulenger, 1902
Synonyms
Caecilia intermedia Boulenger, 1913 Caecilia palmeri Boulenger, 1913

Caecilia nigricans is a species of amphibian in the family Caeciliidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

Blue, blind and defenseless, this worm-eating 'snake' is trying to burrow below the litter on Wildsumac Reserve, Ecuador.

References

• Lynch, J., Renjifo, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Fuenmayor, Q. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. Caecilia nigricans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.