Ngaia Forest Caecilian
Boulengerula spawlsi
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Amphibians
Boulengerula spawlsi is a species of caecilian in the family Herpelidae. It is endemic to Kenya and only know from the vicinity of its type locality, Ngaia Forest Reserve, in the Nyambene Hills, Meru County; the type locality is also spelled "Ngaya" or "Ngaja". The specific name spawlsi honours Stephen Spawls who first collected this species and who has contributed substantially to African herpetology. Common name Spawls' boolee has been coined for it.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Gymnophiona
- Family
- Herpelidae
- Genus
- Boulengerula