Ichthyophis

Ichthyophis is a genus of caecilians (limbless amphibians, sometimes called the Asian caecilians) found in Southeast Asia, the southern Philippines, and the western Indo-Australian Archipelago.

Ichthyophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Fitzinger, 1826
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Epicrium Wagler, 1828
  • Caudacaecilia Taylor, 1968

In Sri Lanka, three species occur. All are found in almost all habitats, but are known to prefer moist ones. The most common is Ichthyophis glutinosus, which is found in almost all altitudes; the others are I. orthoplicatus, which is found in similar habitat to I. glutinosus, but will not be found in lowlands below 460 metres (1,510 ft) above sea level; and I. pseudangularis, found in lowlands below 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) ASL. A new species was recently discovered called Ichthyophis multicolor.

Species

Binomial name and authorCommon name
Ichthyophis acuminatus Taylor, 1960pointed-headed caecilian
Ichthyophis alfredi Mathew & Sen, 2009
Ichthyophis asplenius Taylor, 1965
Ichthyophis atricollaris Taylor, 1965Long Bloee caecilian
Ichthyophis bannanicus Yang, 1984Banna caecilian
Ichthyophis beddomei Peters, 1880yellow-striped caecilian
Ichthyophis bernisi Salvador, 1975Indonesian caecilian
Ichthyophis biangularis Taylor, 1965angular caecilian
Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965Billiton Island caecilian
Ichthyophis bombayensis Taylor, 1960Bombay caecilian
Ichthyophis cardamomensis Geissler et al., 2014Cardamom Mountains caecilian
Ichthyophis catlocensis Geissler et al., 2014Cat Loc caecilian
Ichthyophis chaloensis Geissler et al., 2014Cha Lo caecilian
Ichthyophis daribokensis Mathew & Sen, 2009
Ichthyophis dulitensis Taylor, 1960Mount Dulit caecilian
Ichthyophis elongatus Taylor, 1965elongated caecilian
Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999Garo Hills caecilian
Ichthyophis glandulosus Taylor, 1923Basilan Island caecilian
Ichthyophis glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)Ceylon caecilian
Ichthyophis humphreyi Taylor, 1973Humphrey's caecilian
Ichthyophis hypocyaneus (Boie, 1827)Bantam caecilian
Ichthyophis javanicus Taylor, 1960Javan caecilian
Ichthyophis khumhzi Kamei et al., 2007Khumhzi striped ichthyophis
Ichthyophis kodaguensis Wilkinson, Gower, Govindappa & Venkatachalaiah, 2007Kodagu striped caecilian
Ichthyophis kohtaoensis Taylor, 1960Koa Tao Island caecilian
Ichthyophis lakimi Nishikawa, Matsui & Yambun, 2012
Ichthyophis laosensis Taylor, 1969Upper Laos caecilian
Ichthyophis larutensis Taylor, 1960
Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986long-headed caecilian
Ichthyophis mindanaoensis Taylor, 1960Mindanao Island caecilian
Ichthyophis monochrous (Bleeker, 1858)Western Borneo caecilian
Ichthyophis moustakius Kamei et al., 2007
Ichthyophis multicolor Wilkinson et al., 2014
Ichthyophis nguyenorum Nishikawa, Matsui, and Orlov, 2012
Ichthyophis nigroflavus Taylor, 1960
Ichthyophis nokrekensis Mathew & Sen, 2009
Ichthyophis orthoplicatus Taylor, 1965Pattipola caecilian
Ichthyophis paucidentulus Taylor, 1960
Ichthyophis paucisulcus Taylor, 1960Siantar caecilian
Ichthyophis pauli Nishikawa, Matsui, Sudin & Wong, 2013
Ichthyophis pseudangularis Taylor, 1965Taylor's caecilian
Ichthyophis sendenyu Kamei et al., 2007
Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor, 1960Sikkimese caecilian
Ichthyophis singaporensis Taylor, 1960Singapore caecilian
Ichthyophis sumatranus Taylor, 1960Sumatra caecilian
Ichthyophis supachaii Taylor, 1960Supachai's caecilian
Ichthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909three-colored caecilian
Ichthyophis weberi Taylor, 1920
Ichthyophis youngorum Taylor, 1960Doi Suthep caecilian

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Ichthyophis". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  • Geissler, P.; Poyarkov, N. A. Jr.; Grismer, L.; Nguyen, T. Q.; An, H. T.; Neang, T.; Kupfer, A.; Ziegler, T.; Böhme, W.; Müller, H. (2014-12-24). "New Ichthyophis species from Indochina (Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae): 1. The unstriped forms with descriptions of three new species and the redescriptions of I. acuminatus Taylor, 1960, I. youngorum Taylor, 1960 and I. laosensis Taylor, 1969". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 15: 143–174. doi:10.1007/s13127-014-0190-6. S2CID 6739494.
  • AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ichthyophis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: August 13, 2008).
  • Himstedt, Werner (2000). "Caecilian Ecology". In Hofrichter, Robert (ed.). Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts. New York: Firefly. pp. 186–190. ISBN 978-1-55209-541-6.
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