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Ichthyophis elongatus

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Elongated caecilian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:
I. elongatus
Binomial name
Ichthyophis elongatus
Taylor, 1965[2]
Elongated caecilian range

The elongated caecilian, Ichthyophis elongatus, is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to Sumatra,[3] including some nearby islands; however, whether these belong to this species is uncertain.[1]

Specimens allocated to this species with certainty have been collected from lowland forest and from a ravine near degraded forest.[1]

The type series varied 280–300 mm (11–12 in) in total length. It is relatively slim, with body width of 7.8–8 mm (0.31–0.31 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Template:IUCN2014.3
  2. ^ a b Taylor, E. H. (1965). "New Asiatic and African caecilians with redescriptions of certain other species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 46: 253–302.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ichthyophis elongatus Taylor, 1965". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 January 2015.