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Basic information
Typhlonectes compressicauda
Cayenne Caecilian
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderGymnophiona
FamilyAquatic caecilians
GenusTyphlonectes
- Czech name
- Červorovec zploštělý
- English name
- Cayenne Caecilian
- Synonyms
- Coecilia compressicauda, Nectocaecilia ladigesi, Thyphlonectes compressicauda compressicauda, Typhlonectes anguillaformis, Typhlonectes compressicaudus, Typhlonectes cunhai, Typhlonectes obesus
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 800 mm
- Body mass
- max 600 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 4.9 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 20–20 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6714 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 59WWF · COL26.9