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Basic information
Typhlonectes natans
Rio Cauca Caecilian
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderGymnophiona
FamilyAquatic caecilians
GenusTyphlonectes
- Czech name
- Červorovec splývavý
- English name
- Rio Cauca Caecilian
- Alternative names
- Rubber Eel, Zulia Caecilian
- Synonyms
- Caecilia natans, Chthonerpeton haydee, Nectocaecilia cooperi, Nectocaecilia haydee, Pseudotyphlonectes natans, Thyphlonectes compressicauda venezuelense, Thyphlonectes natans, Typhlonectes compressicauda natans, Typhlonectes venezuelensis
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 615 mm
- Body mass
- max 600 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 7 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–2 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6715 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 59WWK · COL26.9