Two-lined caecilian - Rhinatrema bivittatum
( Guérin-Méneville, 1838 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population:

CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Jumping Ability: (Horizontal)

Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It is a subterranean species in lowland rainforest. It is presumed that courtship, mating and fertilisation take place on land and following brooding by the female, the larvae hatch and drop into streams, like other members of its family. It is not known if this species can occur in degraded habitats.

Range:
This species occurs in French Guiana, Suriname, northern Guyana and Brazil in the states of Amapá and Pará. A dot-map of the distribution in French Guiana is provided in Lescure and Marty (2000). It occurs up to 150 m asl.

Conservation:
It occurs in several protected areas throughout its range.

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