What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Frigate Island Caecilian been recorded?

Hypogeophis rostratus occurrence evidence comes from 85 records in 1 countries and territories, from 1956 to 2018. Most records come from Seychelles.

Frigate Island Caecilian
Frigate Island Caecilian — Photo (display-sized rendition): Salifa Karapetyan, Seychelles News Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AmphibiaGymnophionaIndotyphlidaeHypogeophis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

85 records across 1 countries and territories, 1956–2018.

Hypogeophis rostratus · GBIF taxon key 2431043

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

5 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19562018

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Frigate Island Caecilian has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Frigate Island Caecilian. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Seychelles 85

Related animals

Others in the family Indotyphlidae.

Grandisonia alternans
9 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.