Cameroon Caecilians
Crotaphatrema
The Scolecomorphidae are the family of tropical caecilians (Frost) or African caecilians (ITIS). They are found in Cameroon in West Africa, and Malawi and Tanzania in East Africa. Caecilians are legless amphibians which superficially resemble worms or snakes.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Mont Oku Caecilian
speciesCrotaphatrema lamottei
Bornmuller's Caecilian
speciesCrotaphatrema bornmuelleri
Tchabal Mbabo Caecilian
speciesCrotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28200.