Ichthyophis glandulosus

Ichthyophis glandulosus
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Ichthyophiidae
Genus:	Ichthyophis
Species:	I. glandulosus
Binomial name
	Ichthyophis glandulosus; Taylor, 1923

Ichthyophis glandulosus, the Basilan Island caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae 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 forest, irrigated land and seasonally flooded agricultural land. The population is unknown as only two specimens have been collected.

References

Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Ubaldo, D., Gutierrez, B., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. & Kupfer, A. 2004. Ichthyophis glandulosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.

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[iucn-1] Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Ubaldo, D., Gutierrez, B., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. & Kupfer, A. 2004. Ichthyophis glandulosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.