Ichthyophis
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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 |
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In Sri Lanka, three species occur, and all are found in almost all habitats, preferring moister 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 is never 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 |
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| 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 |
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References
- 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.
- 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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