Ichthyophis pseudangularis

Ichthyophis pseudangularis is a species of caecilian endemic to Sri Lanka.[3] It is found in a range of natural and man-made habitats: forests, rubber plantations, paddy fields, rural gardens and farms, wetlands (boggy and muddy areas), and pastureland.[1]

Ichthyophis pseudangularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:
I. pseudangularis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis pseudangularis
Taylor, 1965[2]
Ichthyophis pseudangularis range

The holotype measured 225 mm (8.9 in) in total length.[2]

References
  1. Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum; de Silva, Anslem; Gower, David; Wilkinson, Mark; Oommen, Oommen V. (2004). "Ichthyophis pseudangularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59631A11973190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59631A11973190.en.
  2. Taylor, E. H. (1965). "New Asiatic and African caecilians with redescriptions of certain other species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 46: 253–302.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ichthyophis pseudangularis Taylor, 1965". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 January 2015.


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