Dermophis costaricense is a species of caecilian in the family Dermophiidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica and is found on the Atlantic versant of Cordillera de Tilarán, Cordillera Central, and Cordillera de Talamanca. Its taxonomic status is in need of a review.
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Among animals, viviparity is the development of the embryo inside the body of the parent. The term 'viviparity' and its adjective form 'viviparous'...
A fossorial animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, ...
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Not a migrantAnimals that do not make seasonal movements and stay in their native home ranges all year round are called not migrants or residents.
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starts withDermophis costaricense is a moderate-sized species: total length is 168–387 mm (6.6–15.2 in). It is characterized by high numbers of both primary (107–117) and secondary annuli (74–96). The annuli are not darkly demarcated ventrally, as seen in Dermophis mexicanus, which is also a larger species. D. costaricense appears to be closely related with Dermophis gracilior from the Pacific versant of Costa Rica, and it is possible that these two species turn out to be the same species. However, as presently known, their ranges do not overlap and they can be distinguished based on the total number of annuli (higher in D. costaricense ).
