Typhlonectes natans: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the typhlonectes natans lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Typhlonectes natans
Group	Salamanders, newts & caecilians
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Apoda
Family	Caeciliidae

Where does the typhlonectes natans live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the typhlonectes natans in 2 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Venezuela.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the typhlonectes natans endangered?

The typhlonectes natans’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the typhlonectes natans?

The typhlonectes natans (Typhlonectes natans) is an amphibian in the order Apoda and the family Caeciliidae, genus Typhlonectes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the typhlonectes natans

Typhlonectes natans, called the rubber eel or Rio Rauca caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae found in Colombia, Venezuela, and possibly Trinidad and Tobago.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and rivers. T. natans is commonly kept as an aquarium pet, and is sometimes sold as a "fish" in aquarium stores.

A specimen of T. natans was found in October 2019 in Miami-Dade County, Florida, making it the first caecilian to be collected in North America. Subsequently many more specimens were collected in the same area at different life stages and with evidence of breeding, suggesting the species may become established.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Typhlonectes natans (revision 1355306683), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2249158 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).