Ichthyophis
| Ichthyophis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 |
| Species | |
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Ichthyophis is a genus of caecilians (limbless amphibians, sometimes called the Asian caecilians) found in Southeast Asia, the southern Philippines, and the western Indo-Australian Archipelago.
In Sri Lanka, three species occur, and all are found in almost all habitats, preferring moister ones. The most common is Ichthyophis glutinosus, which is found in almost all altitudes; the others are I. orthoplicatus, which is found in similar habitat to I. glutinosus, but is never found in lowlands below 460 metres (1,510 ft) above sea level; and I. pseudangularis, found in lowlands below 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) ASL. A new species was recently discovered called Ichthyophis multicolor.
Species
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| I. acuminatus Taylor, 1960 | pointed-headed caecilian |
| I. atricollaris Taylor, 1965 | Long Bloee caecilian |
| I. bannanicus Yang, 1984 | Banna caecilian |
| I. beddomei Peters, 1880 | yellow-striped caecilian |
| I. bernisi Salvador, 1975 | Indonesian caecilian |
| I. biangularis Taylor, 1965 | angular caecilian |
| I. billitonensis Taylor, 1965 | Billiton Island caecilian |
| I. bombayensis Taylor, 1960 | Bombay caecilian |
| I. cardamomensis Geissler et al., 2014 | Cardamom Mountains caecilian |
| I. catlocensis Geissler et al., 2014 | Cat Loc caecilian |
| I. chaloensis Geissler et al., 2014 | Cha Lo caecilian |
| I. dulitensis Taylor, 1960 | Mount Dulit caecilian |
| I. elongatus Taylor, 1965 | elongated caecilian |
| I. garoensis Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 | Garo Hills caecilian |
| I. glandulosus Taylor, 1923 | Basilan Island caecilian |
| I. glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ceylon caecilian |
| I. humphreyi Taylor, 1973 | Humphrey's caecilian |
| I. husaini Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 | Husain's caecilian |
| I. hypocyaneus (Boie, 1827) | Bantam caecilian |
| I. javanicus Taylor, 1960 | Javan caecilian |
| I. khumhzi Kamei et al., 2007 | Khumhzi Striped Ichthyophis |
| I. kodaguensis Wilkinson, Gower, Govindappa & Venkatachalaiah, 2007 | Kodagu striped caecilian |
| I. kohtaoensis Taylor, 1960 | Koa Tao Island caecilian |
| I. laosensis Taylor, 1969 | Upper Laos caecilian |
| I. longicephalus Pillai, 1986 | long-headed caecilian |
| I. mindanaoensis Taylor, 1960 | Mindanao Island caecilian |
| I. monochrous (Bleeker, 1858) | Western Borneo caecilian |
| I. moustakius Kamei et al., 2007 | |
| I. multicolor Wilkinson et al., 2014 | |
| I. orthoplicatus Taylor, 1965 | Pattipola caecilian |
| I. paucisulcus Taylor, 1960 | Siantar caecilian |
| I. pseudangularis Taylor, 1965 | Taylor's caecilian |
| I. sendenyu Kamei et al., 2007 | |
| I. sikkimensis Taylor, 1960 | Sikkimese caecilian |
| I. singaporensis Taylor, 1960 | Singapore caecilian |
| I. sumatranus Taylor, 1960 | Sumatra caecilian |
| I. supachaii Taylor, 1960 | Supachai's caecilian |
| I. tricolor Annandale, 1909 | three-colored caecilian |
| I. youngorum Taylor, 1960 | Doi Suthep caecilian |
References
- Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008). Ichthyophis. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: August 13, 2008).
- Geissler, P.; Poyarkov, N. A. Jr.; Grismer, L.; Nguyen, T. Q.; An, H. T.; Neang, T.; Kupfer, A.; Ziegler, T.; Böhme, W.; Müller, H. (2014-12-24). "New Ichthyophis species from Indochina (Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae): 1. The unstriped forms with descriptions of three new species and the redescriptions of I. acuminatus Taylor, 1960, I. youngorum Taylor, 1960 and I. laosensis Taylor, 1969". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. doi:10.1007/s13127-014-0190-6.
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ichthyophis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: August 13, 2008).
- Himstedt, Werner. "Caecilian Ecology". In Hofrichter, Robert. Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts. New York: Firefly. pp. 186–190. ISBN 1-55209-541-X.
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