''Caecilia antioquiaensis'', the Antioquia caecilian, is a species of
caecilian
Caecilians (; ) are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics o ...
in the family
Caeciliidae
Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes.
Although they are the most diverse of the caecilian families, the caeciliids do ha ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Colombia and only known from its
type locality in the
Cordillera Central in
Valdivia, Antioquia
Valdivia is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia.
History
Valdivia was inhabited by the Nutabes people upon the arrival of the Spanish colonists. In 1849 Spanish Pedro Vasquez acq ...
.
It is a poorly known subterranean species, occurring in humid tropical forest.
References
antioquiaensis
Amphibians described in 1968
Amphibians of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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