Biology:Boulengerula denhardti

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Boulengerula denhardti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Herpelidae
Genus: Boulengerula
Species:
B. denhardti
Binomial name
Boulengerula denhardti
Nieden, 1912

Boulengerula denhardti (Denhardt's African caecilian) is a species of amphibian in the family Herpelidae. It is endemic to Kenya. It is only known from its type locality, the Tana River valley, as well as from the Ngaia Forest, Meru County.[2] It is named for German explorer brothers Clemens Denhardt and Gustav Denhardt who explored the area where it was discovered.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss, expanding agriculture, use of herbicides and pesticides and expanding human settlements.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Boulengerula denhardti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T209039855A158471401. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/209039855/158471401. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Boulengerula denhardti Nieden, 1912". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Boulengerula+denhardti. 
  3. Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-1907807442. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&q=Boulengerula+denhardti&pg=PA55. Retrieved June 8, 2015. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1593307 entry