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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 with certainty from the type locality within the area of Yaviza (a town that has grown significantly since the initial collection), in Darién Province, Panama. It presumably occurs more widely. The known locality is at approximately 50m asl. Habitat and Ecology This is presumably a subterranean species, also sometimes occurring within the moist leaf-litter of humid tropical lowland forest. Population There is no information on the population status of this species, which is known only from three specimens. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats There is no information on threats to this species. Conservation Actions It has not been recorded from any protected areas. Taxonomic Notes There is a specimen identified as Oscaecilia elongata from Azuay Giron in Ecuador, however affinities are questionable (Marvalee Wake pers. comm., 2007). Citation Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Mark Wilkinson, Marvalee Wake 2004. Oscaecilia elongata. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use