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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Ichthyophis weberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T59606A114869780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59606A114869780.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. ""Extinct" Amphibians Rediscovered After Nearly Half a Century". 2015-06-02.


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