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<div>{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}<br />
{{Speciesbox<br />
| image = Typhlonectes natans5.jpg<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Typhlonectes natans'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T59601A85909110 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59601A85909110.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| genus = Typhlonectes<br />
| species = natans<br />
| authority = (Fischer, 1880)<br />
| range_map = Typhlonectes natans range.jpg<br />
| range_map_caption = ''Typhlonectes natans'' native distribution map<br />
| synonyms = ''Chthonerpeton haydee'' Roze, 1963<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Typhlonectes natans''''', also correctly called the '''rubber eel''' or '''Rio Rauca caecilian''', is a species of [[caecilian]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Typhlonectidae]] found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and possibly [[Trinidad and Tobago]].<br />
Its natural [[habitat]]s are dry [[savanna]], subtropical or tropical dry [[shrubland]], subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland [[grassland]], and [[river]]s. ''T.&nbsp;natans'' is commonly kept as an [[aquarium]] pet, and is sometimes sold as a "fish" in aquarium stores.<br />
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A specimen of ''T.&nbsp;natans'' was found in October 2019 in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]], Florida, making it the first caecilian to be collected in North America.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sheehy|first=Coleman|last2=Blackburn|first2=David|last3=Kouete|first3=Marcel|last4=Gestring|first4=Kelly|last5=Laurie|first5=Kristin|last6=Prechtel|first6=Austin|last7=Suarez|first7=Eric|last8=Talley|first8=Brooke|date=2021-07-15|title=First record of a caecilian (order Gymnophiona, Typhlonectes natans) in Florida and in the United States|url=https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/15629|journal=Reptiles & Amphibians|language=en|volume=28|issue=2|pages=355–357|doi=10.17161/randa.v28i2.15629|issn=2332-4961|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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They grow to {{convert|45 to 55|cm|in|0}} in length. They are dark grey to black in color. While ''T.&nbsp;natans'' can and occasionally does breathe air at the surface, most of its respiration takes place through its skin.<br />
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The species is [[ovoviviparous]], giving birth to young in water. The gestation period lasts about 220 days. Three to seven live, fully developed young are born, which after only one year reach almost half the size of an adult ({{convert|25|cm|in|0}}).<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
{{Gallery<br />
|File:Typhlonectes natans, Cambridge.jpg<br />
|''Typhlonectes natans'', Rio Cauca caecilian, Zoology Museum, Cambridge<br />
|alt1=Preserved Typhlonectes natans specimen<br />
|File:Typhlonectes natans at Brookfield Zoo.jpg<br />
|Captive ''T.{{nbsp}}natans''<br />
|alt2=The front of a Typhlonectes natans sitting on rocks<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Typhlonectes|natans]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibians of Colombia]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibians of Venezuela]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1880]]<br />
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