Boulengerula taitana

Boulengerula taitana
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Herpelidae
Genus:	Boulengerula
Species:	B. taitana
Binomial name
Boulengerula taitana Loveridge, 1935
Range highlighted in blue.
Synonyms
Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935 Afrocaecilia taitana (Loveridge, 1935)

Boulengerula taitana (also known as the Taita African caecilian, Taita Hills caecilian or Taita Mountains caecilian) is a species of caecilians. They belong to the family Caeciliidae. They live in Africa in countries like Kenya. Their habitat is subtropical or tropical forests. Many people mistake them for worms. They lay their eggs in foam nest in water.

• Loader, S. & Measey, J. 2004. Boulengerula taitana. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [1]. Downloaded on 6 April 2007.

• A BBC documentary
• New Scientist article on Boulengerula taitanus
• Video of Boulengerula behaviour Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
• BBC footage of young caecilians

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