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Gaboon caecilian

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Gymnophiona

Genus
  
Geotrypetes

Higher classification
  
Geotrypetes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Dermophiidae

Scientific name
  
Geotrypetes seraphini

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Caecilian, Amphibians, Caeciliidae, Boulengerula, Dermophis

The Gaboon caecilian, Geotrypetes seraphini, is a species of amphibian in the Dermophiidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and possibly Angola, and the Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. https://www.google.ie/search?q=Gaboon+caecilian&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=662&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ-9bU_tDQAhUpDMAKHft4BHUQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1#imgrc=R0YVN6rKxkY__M%3A

References

Gaboon caecilian Wikipedia