Kingdom Animalia Order Gymnophiona Genus Boulengerula Higher classification Boulengerula | Phylum Chordata Family Caeciliidae Scientific name Boulengerula boulengeri Rank Species | |
Similar Boulengerula, Caecilian, Amphibians, Boulengerula taitana, Caeciliidae | ||
Boulengerula boulengeri is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family. It is endemic to the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is possible that what we now call Boulengerula boulengeri contains two unnamed, cryptic species.
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