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Basic information
Potomotyphlus kaupii
Kaup's Caecilian
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderGymnophiona
FamilyAquatic caecilians
GenusPotomotyphlus
- Czech name
- Červorovec amazonský
- English name
- Kaup's Caecilian
- Alternative names
- Pastaza river caecilian
- Synonyms
- Caecilia dorsalis, Caecilia kaupii, Chthonerpeton microcephalum, Potamotyphlus kaupii, Potomotyphlus melanochrus, Siphonops kaupii, Thyphlonectes dorsalis, Typhlonectes dorsalis, Typhlonectes kaupii
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 695 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Nocturnal
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6713 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 4M6YN · COL26.9