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.

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 Template:Convert above sea level; and I. pseudangularis, found in lowlands below Template:Convert ASL. A new species was recently discovered called Ichthyophis multicolor.

Species

Binomial name and author	Common name
Ichthyophis acuminatus Template:Small	pointed-headed caecilian
Ichthyophis alfredi Template:Small
Ichthyophis asplenius Template:Small
Ichthyophis atricollaris Template:Small	Long Bloee caecilian
Ichthyophis bannanicus Template:Small	Banna caecilian
Ichthyophis beddomei Template:Small	yellow-striped caecilian
Ichthyophis bernisi Template:Small	Indonesian caecilian
Ichthyophis biangularis Template:Small	angular caecilian
Ichthyophis billitonensis Template:Small	Billiton Island caecilian
Ichthyophis bombayensis Template:Small	Bombay caecilian
Ichthyophis cardamomensis Template:Small	Cardamom Mountains caecilian
Ichthyophis catlocensis Template:Small	Cat Loc caecilian
Ichthyophis chaloensis Template:Small	Cha Lo caecilian
Ichthyophis daribokensis Template:Small
Ichthyophis dulitensis Template:Small	Mount Dulit caecilian
Ichthyophis elongatus Template:Small	elongated caecilian
Ichthyophis garoensis Template:Small	Garo Hills caecilian
Ichthyophis glandulosus Template:Small	Basilan Island caecilian
Ichthyophis glutinosus Template:Small	Ceylon caecilian
Ichthyophis humphreyi Template:Small	Humphrey's caecilian
Ichthyophis hypocyaneus Template:Small	Bantam caecilian
Ichthyophis javanicus Template:Small	Javan caecilian
Ichthyophis khumhzi Template:Small	Khumhzi striped ichthyophis
Ichthyophis kodaguensis Template:Small	Kodagu striped caecilian
Ichthyophis kohtaoensis Template:Small	Koa Tao Island caecilian
Ichthyophis lakimi Template:Small
Ichthyophis laosensis Template:Small	Upper Laos caecilian
Ichthyophis larutensis Template:Small
Ichthyophis longicephalus Template:Small	long-headed caecilian
Ichthyophis mindanaoensis Template:Small	Mindanao Island caecilian
Ichthyophis monochrous Template:Small	Western Borneo caecilian
Ichthyophis moustakius Template:Small
Ichthyophis multicolor Template:Small
Ichthyophis nguyenorum Template:Small
Ichthyophis nigroflavus Template:Small
Ichthyophis nokrekensis Template:Small
Ichthyophis orthoplicatus Template:Small	Pattipola caecilian
Ichthyophis paucidentulus Template:Small
Ichthyophis paucisulcus Template:Small	Siantar caecilian
Ichthyophis pauli Template:Small
Ichthyophis pseudangularis Template:Small	Taylor's caecilian
Ichthyophis sendenyu Template:Small
Ichthyophis sikkimensis Template:Small	Sikkimese caecilian
Ichthyophis singaporensis Template:Small	Singapore caecilian
Ichthyophis sumatranus Template:Small	Sumatra caecilian
Ichthyophis supachaii Template:Small	Supachai's caecilian
Ichthyophis tricolor Template:Small	three-colored caecilian
Ichthyophis weberi Template:Small
Ichthyophis youngorum Template:Small	Doi Suthep caecilian

References

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• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ichthyophis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: August 13, 2008).
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