The Sagalla caecilian is a limbless, worm like amphibian, family Herpelidae, known only from a single isolated mountain, Sagalla Hill, in Kenya's Taita Hills, within an area of about twenty square kilometers. It lives underground in moist forest soil and farmland edges, using a pair of small retractable sensory tentacles near its snout, and is classified as endangered because its entire range lies outside any protected area.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Boulengerula niedeni (Wikidata)
In Biome
River, Biomes Source Boulengerula niedeni (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Boulengerula niedeni (Wikipedia)
Article text
The Sagalla caecilian can be found mainly in low density farms and patches of indigenous forests on Sagala Hill.
system statement
The Sagalla caecilian can be found mainly in low density farms and patches of indigenous forests on Sagala Hill.
In Biome: River, Habitat
Besides the logs of these trees the Sagalla caecilian can be found in the rich soil, under organic debris, or on the edges of streams and other bodies of water.
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. 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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4. Boulengerula niedeni (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q220814 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q220814
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
- Child Taxon Of: Gymnophiona, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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