Amphibians of Costa Rica

Question 1

Costa Rican Caecilian

Answer 1

Dermophis costaricense

Question 2

Amphibians are from what Class?

Answer 2

Amphibia

Question 3

What Class Order & Family are Caecilian from?

Answer 3

Class Amphibia Order Gymnophiona Family Caeciliidae

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Question 4

What is a Caecilian?

Answer 4

habitat: tropics (all but mountainous regions of Costa Rica) burrowing amphibian, Giant earthworm-looking, annuli present, small eyes can only sense light & dark, toxin secreting skin glands, tentacle between each eye & nostril Prey: primarily earthworms

Question 5

Which Species of Caecilian: 15in (38cm), high elevation, NE Costa Rica visible eye, tentacles lie halfway btw eye & nostril, gray dorsum, 107-117 primary annuli, 74-96 secondary annuli

Answer 5

Dermophis costaricense (Costa Rican Caecilian)

Question 6

Define: dorsum

Answer 6

the back or upper surface of a part of the body.

Question 7

Define annuli

Answer 7

ring-shaped folds such as along the body of a Caecilian

Question 8

Southwestern Caecilian

Answer 8

Dermophis glandulosus

Question 9

Caecilian: 16in (40cm), Multiple elevations, SW Costa Rica visible eye, tentacles lie halfway btw eye & nostril, gray dorsum, 91-106 primary annuli, 37-60 secondary annuli

Answer 9

Dermophis glandulosus (Southwestern Caecilian)

Question 10

Southern Caecilian

Answer 10

Dermophis gracilior

Question 11

Caecilian: 14in (34cm), high elevation, SW Costa Rica visible eye, tentacles lie halfway btw eye & nostril, gray dorsum, 91-117 primary annuli, 65-78 secondary annuli

Answer 11

Dermophis gracilior (Southern Caecilian)

Question 12

Western Caecilian

Answer 12

Dermophis occidentalis

Question 13

Caecilian: 10in (25cm), multiple elevations, SW Costa Rica visible eye, tentacles lie halfway btw eye & nostril, gray dorsum, head is paler than res of body, 95-112 primary annuli, 29-37 secondary annuli

Answer 13

Dermophis occidentalis (Western Caecilian)

Question 14

Small-headed Caecilian

Answer 14

Dermophis parviceps

Question 15

Caecilian: 9in(22cm), multiple elevations, E & SW Costa Rica visible eye, tentacles lie halfway btw eye & nostril, purplish dorsum, pink head, 85-102 primary annuli, fewer than 27 secondary annuli

Answer 15

Dermophis parviceps (Small-headed Caecilian)

Question 16

Purple Caecilian

Answer 16

Gymnopis multiplicata

Question 17

Caecilian: 19in (49cm), multiple elevations, all but mountainous Costa Rica eye not visible, tentacles are posterior to nostril, purplish dorsum, venter varies from pink to cream, 112-133 primary annuli, 84-117 secondary annuli

Answer 17

Gymnopis multiplicata (Purple Caecilian)

Question 18

Osa Caecilian

Answer 18

Oscaecilia osae

Question 19

Caecilian: 15in (38cm), low elevations, Costa Rican Osa Peninsula eye not visible, each tentacle located below the nostril, purplish overall with light venter & anterior region, pink head, 232 primary annuli, secondary annuli sometimes present

Answer 19

Oscaecilia osae (Osa Caecilian)

Question 20

What is the Order of Newts & Salamanders?

Answer 20

Caudata

Question 21

What is the Family of lung-less salamanders?

Answer 21

Plethodontidae