''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 {{Caeciliidae-stub