A NEW CAECILIAN FROM CAMEROON, AFRICA (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA: SCOLECOMORPHIDAE)

I describe a new species of scolecomorphid caecilian based on three specimens from the forested slopes of Mount Tchabal Mbabo, Cameroon, Africa. This new species differs from its congeners by lacking transverse grooves on the collars, possessing a serrate lateral color pattern, and by characteristics of size and body proportions. It is the third member of the genus Crotapha- trema and is distinctly allopatric from its congeners. I discuss the distribution of C. bornmuelleri and restrict the genus to the highlands of Cameroon.