Rio Cauca Caecilian

Typhlonectes natans

Exhibit
Range of the Jaguar

Range
The drainage systems of the Cauca and Magdalena rivers in western and northern Colombia to the general vicinity of Lake Maracaibo Basin in Venezuela. It occurs up to 3,280 ft (1,000m) above sea level. Suggestions of its occurrence in the Orinoco River, and from Trinidad require confirmation.

T. natans grow to 45 cm (17.7 inches) to 55 cm (21.7 inches) in length. They are dark grey- black in color. The most distinguishing characteristic of all caecilians is their limbless, worm-like bodies.

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Typhlonectes natans