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Oscaecilia polyzona
family: Caeciliidae

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Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Colombia
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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 occurs in the Pacific lowlands of north-western Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Choco, between 0 and 50m asl.

Habitat and Ecology

This species is subterranean, living in lowland tropical forest.

Population

There is little information regarding its population status, but there are recent records of it.

Population Trend

Unknown

Major Threats

There is no information on threats to this species.

Conservation Actions

It occurs in Parque Nacional Natural Los Katios.

Citation

Fernando Castro, Taran Grant, John Lynch, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Oscaecilia polyzona. In: IUCN 2012

 

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