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Ichthyophis

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Ichthyophis is a genus of caecilians (limbless amphibians, sometimes called the Asian caecilians) found in Southeast Asia, the southern Philippines, and the western Indo-Australian Archipelago.

In Sri Lanka, three species occur. All are found in almost all habitats, but are known to prefer moist ones. The most common is Ichthyophis glutinosus, which is found in almost all altitudes; the others are I. orthoplicatus, which is found in similar habitat to I. glutinosus, but will not be found in lowlands below 460 metres (1,510 ft) above sea level; and I. pseudangularis, found in lowlands below 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) ASL. A new species was recently discovered called Ichthyophis multicolor.

Species

Binomial name and author Common name Ichthyophis acuminatus Taylor, 1960 pointed-headed caecilian Ichthyophis alfredi Mathew & Sen, 2009 Ichthyophis asplenius Taylor, 1965 Ichthyophis atricollaris Taylor, 1965 Long Bloee caecilian Ichthyophis bannanicus Yang, 1984 Banna caecilian Ichthyophis beddomei Peters, 1880 yellow-striped caecilian Ichthyophis bernisi Salvador, 1975 Indonesian caecilian Ichthyophis biangularis Taylor, 1965 angular caecilian Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965 Billiton Island caecilian Ichthyophis bombayensis Taylor, 1960 Bombay caecilian Ichthyophis cardamomensis Geissler et al., 2014 Cardamom Mountains caecilian Ichthyophis catlocensis Geissler et al., 2014 Cat Loc caecilian Ichthyophis chaloensis Geissler et al., 2014 Cha Lo caecilian Ichthyophis daribokensis Mathew & Sen, 2009 Ichthyophis dulitensis Taylor, 1960 Mount Dulit caecilian Ichthyophis elongatus Taylor, 1965 elongated caecilian Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 Garo Hills caecilian Ichthyophis glandulosus Taylor, 1923 Basilan Island caecilian Ichthyophis glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Ceylon caecilian Ichthyophis humphreyi Taylor, 1973 Humphrey's caecilian Ichthyophis hypocyaneus (Boie, 1827) Bantam caecilian Ichthyophis javanicus Taylor, 1960 Javan caecilian Ichthyophis khumhzi Kamei et al., 2007 Khumhzi striped ichthyophis Ichthyophis kodaguensis Wilkinson, Gower, Govindappa & Venkatachalaiah, 2007 Kodagu striped caecilian Ichthyophis kohtaoensis Taylor, 1960 Koa Tao Island caecilian Ichthyophis lakimi Nishikawa, Matsui & Yambun, 2012 Ichthyophis laosensis Taylor, 1969 Upper Laos caecilian Ichthyophis larutensis Taylor, 1960 Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986 long-headed caecilian Ichthyophis mindanaoensis Taylor, 1960 Mindanao Island caecilian Ichthyophis monochrous (Bleeker, 1858) Western Borneo caecilian Ichthyophis moustakius Kamei et al., 2007 Ichthyophis multicolor Wilkinson et al., 2014 Ichthyophis nguyenorum Nishikawa, Matsui, and Orlov, 2012 Ichthyophis nigroflavus Taylor, 1960 Ichthyophis nokrekensis Mathew & Sen, 2009 Ichthyophis orthoplicatus Taylor, 1965 Pattipola caecilian Ichthyophis paucidentulus Taylor, 1960 Ichthyophis paucisulcus Taylor, 1960 Siantar caecilian Ichthyophis pauli Nishikawa, Matsui, Sudin & Wong, 2013 Ichthyophis pseudangularis Taylor, 1965 Taylor's caecilian Ichthyophis sendenyu Kamei et al., 2007 Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor, 1960 Sikkimese caecilian Ichthyophis singaporensis Taylor, 1960 Singapore caecilian Ichthyophis sumatranus Taylor, 1960 Sumatra caecilian Ichthyophis supachaii Taylor, 1960 Supachai's caecilian Ichthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909 three-colored caecilian Ichthyophis weberi Taylor, 1920 Ichthyophis youngorum Taylor, 1960 Doi Suthep caecilian

References

  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Ichthyophis". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  • Geissler, P.; Poyarkov, N. A. Jr.; Grismer, L.; Nguyen, T. Q.; An, H. T.; Neang, T.; Kupfer, A.; Ziegler, T.; Böhme, W.; Müller, H. (2014-12-24). "New Ichthyophis species from Indochina (Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae): 1. The unstriped forms with descriptions of three new species and the redescriptions of I. acuminatus Taylor, 1960, I. youngorum Taylor, 1960 and I. laosensis Taylor, 1969". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 15: 143–174. doi:10.1007/s13127-014-0190-6. S2CID 6739494.
  • AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ichthyophis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: August 13, 2008).
  • Himstedt, Werner (2000). "Caecilian Ecology". In Hofrichter, Robert (ed.). Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts. New York: Firefly. pp. 186–190. ISBN 978-1-55209-541-6.
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Ichthyophis: Brief Summary

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Ichthyophis is a genus of caecilians (limbless amphibians, sometimes called the Asian caecilians) found in Southeast Asia, the southern Philippines, and the western Indo-Australian Archipelago.

In Sri Lanka, three species occur. All are found in almost all habitats, but are known to prefer moist ones. The most common is Ichthyophis glutinosus, which is found in almost all altitudes; the others are I. orthoplicatus, which is found in similar habitat to I. glutinosus, but will not be found in lowlands below 460 metres (1,510 ft) above sea level; and I. pseudangularis, found in lowlands below 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) ASL. A new species was recently discovered called Ichthyophis multicolor.

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