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.

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