Ichthyophis asplenius
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.
| Ichthyophis asplenius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. asplenius |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis asplenius Taylor, 1965 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Caudacaecilia asplenia (Taylor, 1965) | |
References
- van Dijk, P.P.; Sukumaran, J.; Yaakob, N.; Chuaynkern, Y.; Wilkinson, M.; Gower, D.; Kupfer, A. (2004). "Ichthyophis asplenius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59602A11965942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59602A11965942.en. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- 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.
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