Ichthyophis monochrous

Ichthyophis monochrous, the Western Borneo caecilian or black caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae. It is endemic to northern Borneo and known from western Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Sarawak (Malaysia), likely occurring also in Brunei.[2] It is a little-known species known from only a few specimens. It presumably inhabits tropical moist forest. Adults are likely subterranean.[1]

Ichthyophis monochrous

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:
I. monochrous
Binomial name
Ichthyophis monochrous
(Bleeker, 1858)
Western Borneo caecilian range
Synonyms

Epicrium monochrous Bleeker, 1858

Description

Ichthyophis monochrous is a moderately slender caecilian. The holotype measures 232 mm (9.1 in) in length and about 10 mm (0.39 in) in width. The head is 9 mm (0.35 in) long and has visible eyes. Tail is short (3.8 mm) but distinct. The skin has about 247 ring-shaped folds (annuli) and is strongly glandular. In life the specimen is reported to have been violet-brown in colour.[3])

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References
  1. Inger, R.; Iskandar, D.; Das, I.; Stuebing, R.; Lakim, M.; Yambun, P.; Mumpuni; Wilkinson, M.; Gower, D.; Kupfer, A. (2004). "Ichthyophis monochrous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59627A11971169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59627A11971169.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Ichthyophis monochrous (Bleeker, 1858)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. Edward H. Taylor (1960). "On the caecilian species Ichthyophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis inonochroiis, with description of related species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 40: 37–130. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.18735. (Ichthyophis monochrous on pages 51–55
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