The rubber eel is a fully aquatic caecilian, family Typhlonectidae, native to rivers and wetlands of Colombia and Venezuela, with a dark, smooth, limbless body that gives it its common name despite being an amphibian rather than a fish. It breathes mostly through its skin, supplementing this by surfacing occasionally for air, and gives birth to a small number of fully developed young after a gestation of several months rather than laying eggs.
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Classification
System (Realm)Terrestrial and Freshwater 1 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Rubber Eel
In Biome
Source Rubber Eel (Wikipedia)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Typhlonectes natans (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and rivers.
Lead paragraph; begins "Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropica"
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and rivers.
2. Rubber Eel (Wikipedia)
- commonly kept as an aquarium pet
- infobox status=LC
- In Biome: Savanna, Wikipedia intro: "ctidae found in Colombia, Venezuela, and possibly Trinidad and Tobago. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical..."
View the Source3. GBIF Species API
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Amphibia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 31Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 31
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5. Wikidata: Rubber Eel
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2249158, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Wikidata Q2249158 (P225 taxon name)
- Child Taxon Of: Gymnophiona, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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