Boulengerula uluguruensis, the Uluguru pink caecilian or Uluguru African caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Caeciliidae. It is endemic to Tanzania where it is found in the Nguu, Nguru, and Uluguru Mountains.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]
Boulengerula uluguruensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Herpelidae |
Genus: | Boulengerula |
Species: | B. uluguruensis
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Binomial name | |
Boulengerula uluguruensis |
References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Boulengerula uluguruensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59499A16944273. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T59499A16944273.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Boulengerula uluguruensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 July 2013.