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ENDANGERED

Blast from the
past

Some say that the earliest
caecilian existed in the
early Jurassic period in
Arizona, United States,
190 million years ago.

Sagalla’s disappearing home

A lot of area in my home has been converted to Humans are also taking away the vegetation,
farms for humans. Although I am able to live that the Sagalla caecilian prefers, from its home.

there, I prefer to live near streams. There are some

eucalyptus plantations on my hill, which make

parts of it uninhabitable. Where am I to live?

Bio Length: 30 I can survive

0 mm; Lifespan: not known The International Union oafErteuhcdeaeSlsyatprgotauyllsianpgclaatenhcteialhitaiaonbn.istat ENCDRIATNIGCEALLY RED
for Conservation of
Nature claims I am CR
critically endangered.
Since humans don’t
know much about
me, it is crucial that
immediate steps be taken
to study me so that I
may be saved. I feel that
generating awareness
among locals about me
has helped.

Caecilians are very unusual amphibians, EN
and I am one of them. My name is VU

Sagalla, and I live on the Sagalla Hill
in Africa. Locals have recently given

me a new name, Kisagalla.