Thompson's caecilian

Caecilia thompsoni

"Caecilia thompsoni", commonly called Thompson's caecilian is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. It is the largest of the worm-like caecilians and reaches a length of 1.5 m and can weigh up to about 1 kg.
Thompson's caecilian, Tatama National Park, Colombia A unusual find at night on the forest floor of Tatama National Park, Colombia. This is endemic to Colombia and the largest known caecilian in the world, at around 1.5m in length. This one definitely was around that size. They spent most of their lives below the soil yet occasionally come out and crawl around in snake-like movements, despite being fully blind. They are very fast and impossibly strong. Our guide could not hold on to it even with two hands. They even have reinforced skulls to help digg into hard soil. Caecilia thompsoni,Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Montezuma,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,World

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Status: Data deficient
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderGymnophiona
FamilyCaeciliidae
GenusCaecilia
SpeciesC. thompsoni
Photographed in
Colombia