Panama caecilians

Panama caecilians
Panama caecum ( Oscaecilia ochrocephala )
Systematics
Row : Land vertebrates (Tetrapoda) without rank: Amphibians (Lissamphibia) Order : Sneak amphibian (Gymnophiona) Family : Earth burrows (Caeciliidae) Genre : Oscaecilia Type : Panama caecilians
Scientific name
Oscaecilia ochrocephala
( Cope , 1866)

The Panama caecum ( Oscaecilia ochrocephala ) is a fairly large burrowing caecum.

features

This caecum grows up to 60 cm long and has a slender head with a wedge-shaped snout.

Occurrence

The Panama caecum only lives in eastern Panama and northern Colombia and inhabits the tropical forests of these regions.

Way of life

This species of Oscaecilia spends most of its life in moist soil and usually only comes out when it's washed out by heavy rainfall. It digs passages and eats earthworms and insects that it encounters. Their main enemies are snakes , which invade their tunnels to eat the caecilians. Almost nothing is known about reproduction , but it is believed that this species lays eggs.

Web links

• Oscaecilia ochrocephala in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2004 Posted by: John Lynch, Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Mark Wilkinson, Marvalee Wake, 2004. Accessed March 12, 2012th
• Amphibianet
• Gymnophiona.org