Caecilian ID?

[Pitter]

This guy appeared on my patio. Location: Western Cordillera, Valle De Cauca, Colombia at 2100m. The tiles are 9 3/4" x 9 3/4".

[Socrates]

Caecilia tentaculata (Linnaeus 1758)

I'm thinking it's the above species. Where are you in Columbia?

[iatakden]

Wow thats crazy long. What is it about 12" _ 15" ? Very nice

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[Pitter]

This is in the mountains above Cali. I first saw it out my window and thought it was a snake. Then I noticed it´s lurching movement and thought there must be something wrong with it. Finally when I got close enough I realized it had no eyes and later realized it was a Caecilian.

[Socrates]

This is in the mountains above Cali. I first saw it out my window and thought it was a snake. Then I noticed it´s lurching movement and thought there must be something wrong with it. Finally when I got close enough I realized it had no eyes and later realized it was a Caecilian.

Wow I apologize you told me where you where haha. Sorry about that, but the caecilian that I posted I'm pretty sure is the one you saw.

[Pitter]

Thank you that is helpfull. My only reservation is that Caecilia tentaculata appears from what I´ve come accross on the web to frequent areas below 1000m. My animal lives at 2100m. Could tentacula have a vastly different altitutudenal range from that generally recorded?

[Socrates]

AmphibiaWeb - Caecilia occidentalis

I'm thinking then maybe this species. I know it's hard with caecilians, we know so little about these amazing creatures.

[tjtreefrog]

Very nice! I am a big caecilian enthusiast myself. The fact that Colombia is so rich in caecilian species, and that so little is known about those species makes it hard to positively identify a specimen. Are you keeping this specimen?

[Pitter]

No no I just photographed it and it went on it´s merry way.