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Congo Caecilians
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Congo Caecilians

Herpele

Herpele is a genus of caecilians in the family Herpelidae. They are endemic to Central and Western Africa (from southeastern Nigeria east to western Central African Republic and south to western Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly to Angola).

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Congo caecilian

speciesHerpele squalostoma

Victoria Caecilian

speciesHerpele multiplicata

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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 27996.