Javan caecilian

Javan caecilian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: I. javanicus
Binomial name
Ichthyophis javanicus
Taylor, 1960

The Javan caecilian (Ichthyophis javanicus) is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

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