A newly discovered amphibian that is blind and buries its head in the sand has been officially named after Donald Trump in recognition of the US President's stance on climate change.

Key points: EnviroBuild, a sustainable building materials company, won an auction for the naming rights

EnviroBuild, a sustainable building materials company, won an auction for the naming rights The company said Mr Trump's was "the perfect name" for the limbless animal

The company said Mr Trump's was "the perfect name" for the limbless animal The Panamanian underground amphibians are particularly vulnerable to global warming

Dermophis donaldtrumpi, 10 centimetres in length and belonging to group of snakelike animals called caecilians, was recently found in Panama by a group of scientists.

Its naming rights were auctioned off in a fundraiser for Rainforest Trust, a non-profit rainforest conservation organisation.

The winning bid of $34,478 was made by Aidan Bell, the head of a UK-based sustainable building materials company called EnviroBuild.

"It is the perfect name," Mr Bell told The Guardian.

In a press release authored by Mr Bell, EnviroBuild expanded on the choice, and did not hold back.

"Caecilian is taken from the Latin caecus, meaning 'blind', perfectly mirroring the strategic vision President Trump has consistently shown towards climate change," he said.

Mr Bell said Mr Trump's worldview resembled a caecilian's, whose eyes can only detect light and dark.

"Capable of seeing the world only in black and white. Donald Trump has claimed that climate change is a hoax by the Chinese," he added.

Caecilians lost their limbs at least 60 million years ago to better burrow in the earth, and live almost entirely underground.

To that, Mr Bell said: "Burrowing its head underground helps Donald Trump when avoiding scientific consensus on anthropomorphic climate change and also appointed several energy lobbyists to the Environment Agency, where their job is to regulate the energy industry."

Amphibians are particularly vulnerable to climate change. (Rainforest Trust UK: Abel Batistsa)

Mr Bell also took aim at Mr Trump's family.

"The dermophis genus grows an extra layer of skin which their young use their teeth to peel off and eat, a behaviour known as dermatrophy," he wrote.

"As a method of ensuring their children survive in life Donald Trump prefers granting them high roles in the Oval Office."

Mr Bell said EnviroBuild was not political, but called the lack of progress on halting climate change, particularly at the UN's recent COP24 climate talks, "saddening".

As an underground amphibian, Demorphus donaldtrumpi is particularly susceptible to global warming.

"It is therefore in danger of becoming extinct as a direct result of its namesake's climate policies," Mr Bell wrote.

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