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Oscaecilia equatorialis
| family: Caeciliidae |
Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Ecuador
View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper. IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.
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From the IUCN Red List Species Account:
Range Description
This species is known only from the non-specific type locality of Pichincha Province, in north-western Ecuador, where it was found below 800m asl.
Habitat and Ecology
This is probably a subterranean species in moist rainforest.
Population
The population status of this species is unknown.
Population Trend
Unknown
Major Threats
There is no information on threats to this species.
Conservation Actions
It is not known to occur in any protected areas.
Citation
Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Ana Almendáriz, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Oscaecilia equatorialis. In: IUCN 2012
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