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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 |
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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
edit| Binomial name and author | Common name |
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| Ichthyophis acuminatus Taylor, 1960 | pointed-headed caecilian |
| Ichthyophis alfredi Mathew & Sen, 2009 | |
| Ichthyophis asplenius Taylor, 1965 | |
| Ichthyophis atricollaris Taylor, 1965 | Long Bloee caecilian |
| Ichthyophis bannanicus Yang, 1984 | Banna caecilian |
| Ichthyophis beddomei Peters, 1880 | yellow-striped caecilian |
| Ichthyophis bernisi Salvador, 1975 | Indonesian caecilian |
| Ichthyophis biangularis Taylor, 1965 | angular caecilian |
| Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965 | Billiton Island caecilian |
| Ichthyophis bombayensis Taylor, 1960 | Bombay caecilian |
| Ichthyophis cardamomensis Geissler et al., 2014 | Cardamom Mountains caecilian |
| Ichthyophis catlocensis Geissler et al., 2014 | Cat Loc caecilian |
| Ichthyophis chaloensis Geissler et al., 2014 | Cha Lo caecilian |
| Ichthyophis daribokensis Mathew & Sen, 2009 | |
| Ichthyophis dulitensis Taylor, 1960 | Mount Dulit caecilian |
| Ichthyophis elongatus Taylor, 1965 | elongated caecilian |
| Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 | Garo Hills caecilian |
| Ichthyophis glandulosus Taylor, 1923 | Basilan Island caecilian |
| Ichthyophis glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ceylon caecilian |
| Ichthyophis humphreyi Taylor, 1973 | Humphrey's caecilian |
| Ichthyophis hypocyaneus (Boie, 1827) | Bantam caecilian |
| Ichthyophis javanicus Taylor, 1960 | Javan caecilian |
| Ichthyophis khumhzi Kamei et al., 2007 | Khumhzi striped ichthyophis |
| Ichthyophis kodaguensis Wilkinson, Gower, Govindappa & Venkatachalaiah, 2007 | Kodagu striped caecilian |
| Ichthyophis kohtaoensis Taylor, 1960 | Koa Tao Island caecilian |
| Ichthyophis lakimi Nishikawa, Matsui & Yambun, 2012 | |
| Ichthyophis laosensis Taylor, 1969 | Upper Laos caecilian |
| Ichthyophis larutensis Taylor, 1960 | |
| Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986 | long-headed caecilian |
| Ichthyophis mindanaoensis Taylor, 1960 | Mindanao 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, 1965 | Pattipola caecilian |
| Ichthyophis paucidentulus Taylor, 1960 | |
| Ichthyophis paucisulcus Taylor, 1960 | Siantar caecilian |
| Ichthyophis pauli Nishikawa, Matsui, Sudin & Wong, 2013 | |
| Ichthyophis pseudangularis Taylor, 1965 | Taylor's caecilian |
| Ichthyophis sendenyu Kamei et al., 2007 | |
| Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor, 1960 | Sikkimese caecilian |
| Ichthyophis singaporensis Taylor, 1960 | Singapore caecilian |
| Ichthyophis sumatranus Taylor, 1960 | Sumatra caecilian |
| Ichthyophis supachaii Taylor, 1960 | Supachai's caecilian |
| Ichthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909 | three-colored caecilian |
| Ichthyophis weberi Taylor, 1920 | |
| Ichthyophis youngorum Taylor, 1960 | Doi Suthep caecilian |
References
edit- ^ 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.