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IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species is known only from the type locality, but the location of the type locality is not clear. This species was presumably collected in South America. Habitat and Ecology Its habitat and ecological preferences are not known, although it probably lays eggs that develop directly. Population There is no information on the population status of this species. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats The threats to this species are not known. Conservation Actions It is not known if the species occurs in protected areas. Citation Mark Wilkinson 2004. Caecilia mertensi. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use