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Sylvacaecilia grandisonae (Taylor, 1970)
Aleku caecilian; Ethiopian caecilian
family: Grandisoniidae
genus: Sylvacaecilia
Species Description: Taylor, E. H. 1970. A new caecilian from Ethiopia. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 48: 849–854.
 
Etymology: The genus Sylvacaecilia was named after “sylva”, a Greek word meaning “forest”, referencing its tropical deciduous forest habitat, and “caecilia”, referencing its taxon (Wake 1987).

The species epithet, "grandisonae", is in honor of Miss Alice G. C. Grandison, the Curator of Herpetology at the British Museum, who provided two of these caecilians to E. H. Taylor (1970) for his study.

Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Least Concern (LC)
CITES No CITES Listing
National Status Vulnerable (Ethiopia)
Regional Status None

   

 
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