Ichthyophis weberi
Ichthyophis weberi, the Malatgan River 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, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
| Ichthyophis weberi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. weberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis weberi Taylor, 1920 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Caudacaecilia weberi (Taylor, 1920) | |
In 2011, the species was found in Cleapatra's Needle, a diverse landscape of ancient rainforest in Palawan, after 50 years of disappearance.[3]
References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. Ichthyophis weberi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T59606A114869780. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59606A114869780.en. Downloaded on 21 December 2018.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Ichthyophis weberi". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ""Extinct" Amphibians Rediscovered After Nearly Half a Century". 2015-06-02.
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