Ichthyophis larutensis

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Ichthyophis larutensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:
I. larutensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis larutensis
Taylor, 1960
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Ichthyophis larutensis range
Synonyms [2]

Caudacaecilia larutensis(Taylor, 1960)

Ichthyophis larutensis, the Larut Hills caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae found in Malaysia and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

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References

  1. van Dijk, P.P.; Sukumaran, J.; Yaakob, N.; Chuaynkern, Y.; Wilkinson, M.; Gower, D.J. & Kupfer, A. (2016) [errata version of 2004 assessment]. "Ichthyophis larutensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T59603A86148365. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59603A11966117.en . Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Ichthyophis larutensis". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2 October 2019.