Oscaecilia
Oscaecilia is a genus of caecilians in the family Caeciliidae. The genus is distributed in southeastern Central America (Costa Rica, Panama) and northern South America, possibly extending into southern Brazil. They are sometimes known as the South American caecilians.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Yellow-headed Caecilian
speciesOscaecilia ochrocephala
Airstrip Caecilia
speciesOscaecilia osae
Pastaza River Caecilian
speciesOscaecilia bassleri
New Granada Caecilian
speciesOscaecilia polyzona
Yavisa Caecilian
speciesOscaecilia elongata
Equatorial Caecilian
speciesOscaecilia equatorialis
Quisto Cocha Caecilian
speciesOscaecilia koepckeorum
Zweifel's Caecilian
speciesOscaecilia zweifeli
Joinville Caecilian
speciesOscaecilia hypereumeces
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27968.