Mindanao Island caecilian
| Mindanao Island caecilian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. mindanaoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis mindanaoensis Taylor, 1960 | |
The Mindanao Island caecilian, Ichthyophis mindanaoensis, is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater springs, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
References
- Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Ubaldo, D., Gutierrez, B., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. & Kupfer, A. 2004. Ichthyophis mindanaoensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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