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Boulengerula boulengeri

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Boulengerula boulengeri are the first organisms in which occurrence of taste buds in the terrestrial animals was found. Taste buds are present in larval forms, whereas there is taste discs in adults. Investigation took place in this organism using standard light and scanning electron microscopy. They
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found only taste bud type organs to be present in B. boulengeri. These occur mainly in the mucosa of the oral cavity, mainly near the teeth. Their results suggest that B. boulengeri possesses only one type of gustatory organ during its ontogeny.
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B. boulengeri is interpreted as predominantly a burrower in soil, The vast majority of all vertebrate specimens dug from the top 300 mm of soil were
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boulengeri is most abundant in East Usambara forest soils.
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Index

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Apoda
Herpelidae
Boulengerula
Binomial name
Tornier
amphibian
Herpelidae
endemic
Usambara Mountains
Tanzania
habitats
forests
montane forests
arable land
plantations
habitat loss


"Boulengerula boulengeri"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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