Pointed-headed caecilian

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

The pointed-headed caecilian,[1] Ichthyophis acuminatus, is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to Thailand. 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 forest, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

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