Sumatran caecilian

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

The Sumatran caecilian, Ichthyophis sumatranus, 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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