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Two-lined Caecilian

Rhinatrema shiv

About

The two-lined caecilian lives in just 777km²!

This species is very rare but is likely to be widespread across Kaieteur National Park. The main threat to the species is gold and diamond mining, which affects the habitat this species lives.

Improved management of the national park where the two-lined caecilian lives is required along with further research into the distribution, population status, life history and ecology.

  • Order: Gymnophiona
  • Family: Rhinatrematidae
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend: decreasing

EDGE Score

EDGE Score: 6.21 (?)
ED Score: 61.49 (?)
GE / IUCN Red List (?)
Not Evaluated Data Deficient Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in the Wild Extinct

Distribution

The two-lined caecilian is known only from Kaieteur National Park in Guyana.

Habitat and Ecology

The two-lined caecilian lives underground within the soil of sub-montane tropical primary forest. It appears to be active on the surface during the night and has a biphasic life cycle where larvae hatch from terrestrial eggs.

Find out more

This wordcloud illustrates the threats facing this species. The size of each word indicates the extent of a species range that is affected by that threat (larger size means a greater area is affected). The colour of the word indicates how much that threat impacts the species (darker shades of red mean the threat is more severe).

Mining

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Source: The IUCN List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.1.
Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org