Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Brazil, Peru, Venezuela View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper.

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IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species has been recorded from northern French Guiana, Suriname; the State of Pará in Brazil and northeastern Peru. It presumably occurs between these areas. Habitat and Ecology It is subterranean species, occurring in old growth forest and savannah (in Suriname). It is likely to be reasonably adaptable to secondary habitats. Its breeding habits are unknown. Population Its population status is unclear. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats It occurs in an area of low human impact, and has been found in open areas, and so it is unlikely to be significantly threatened. Conservation Actions It occurs in several protected areas. Taxonomic Notes This is a very poorly circumscribed species in need of taxonomic review (M. Wilkinson pers. comm.). Most attenuate caecilians in the Amazon basin and the Guianas are associated with this name, but their conspecificity is uncertain. Citation Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Marinus Hoogmoed, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Caecilia gracilis. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use