Least ConcernCentral African Rock Python
Python sebae
One of the 5 caecilians on WAnimals
Amphibians · Gymnophiona · Scolecomorphidae
Scolecomorphus vittatus
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The banded caecilian is a legless amphibian of the montane forests of Tanzania with an anatomy unique among vertebrates: its eyes are not in the head but attached to the base of the sensory tentacles, so that they go in and out with them. It is live-bearing and its young are born fully formed.
Size
20 cm – 45 cm
Life expectancy
10 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Scolecomorphus vittatus
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Banded Caecilian — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about banded caecilian.
