A new caecilian from Cameroon, Africa (Amphibia : Gymnophiona : Scolecomorphidae)

I describe a new species of scolecomorphid caecilian based on three specime ns 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 characteristic s of size and body proportions. It is the third member of the genus Crotaph atrema and is distinctly allopatric from its congeners. I discuss the distr ibution of C. bornmuelleri and restrict the genus to the highlands of Camer oon.