Caecilia occidentalis is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It is endemic to the Northwestern Andean montane forests (C.Michael Hogan. 2012) within Colombia. Its habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, plantation, rural gardens, urban area, and degraded former forest.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Caeciliidae |
| Genus: | Caecilia |
| Species: | C. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Caecilia occidentalis Taylor, 1968
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References edit
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Caecilia occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T59522A49354812. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T59522A49354812.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- C.Michael Hogan. 2012. Northwestern Andean montane forests. ed. Peter Saundry. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
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