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Ichthyophis asplenius

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Species of amphibian

Ichthyophis asplenius
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: I. asplenius
Binomial name
Ichthyophis asplenius
Taylor, 1965
Synonyms

Caudacaecilia asplenia (Taylor, 1965)

Ichthyophis asplenius is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae found in Malaysia and possibly Thailand. It is also known as broad-striped caecilian, Boven Mahakkam caecilian and Malayan caecilian. It is only known with certainty from Mahakam River and Matang Hunting Reserve Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

References

  1. Peter Paul van Dijk, Jeet Sukumaran, Norsham Yaakob, Yodchaiy Chuaynkern, Mark Wilkinson, David Gower, Alex Kupfer (2004). "Ichthyophis asplenius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59602A11965942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59602A11965942.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Ichthyophis asplenius". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Ichthyophis asplenius
Caudacaecilia asplenia


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