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Family: Scolecomorphidae (Taylor, 1969); Tropical Caecilians



Genus Crotaphatrema (Nussbaum 1985)
Cameroon Caecilians

Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri (Werner 1899)
Bornmeuller's Caecilian
Distribution: Known only from the type locality near Limbé, Cameroon.

Crotaphatrema lamottei (Nussbaum 1981)
Mount Oku Caecilian
Distribution: Mount Oku, Caemeroon.

Crotaphatrema tchambalmbaboensis (Lawson 2000)
no common name
Distribution: Mount Tchabal Mbabo, Cameroon.



Genus Scolecomorphus (Boulenger, 1883)
Tropical Caecilians

Scolecomorphus kirkii (Boulenger 1883)
Kirk's Caecilian, Lake Tanganyika Caecilian
Distribution: Malawi and the Ubena Highlands of Tanzania.

Scolecomorphus uluguruensis (Barbour &Loveridge 1928)
Nyingwa Caecilian
Distribution: Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Scolecomorphus vittatus (Boulenger 1895)
Banded Caecilian
Distribution: Usambara, Ulugura, and North Pare Mountains of Tanzania.

 

Known distribution of Scolecomorphidae. Modified from Pough et. al. (1998).



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