Basilan Island Caecilian

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Basilan Island Caecilian
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Gymnophiona Family: Ichthyophiidae Genus: Ichthyophis Species: I. glandulosus
Binomial name
Ichthyophis glandulosus Taylor, 1923

The Basilan Island Caecilian (Ichthyophis glandulosus) is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater springs, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

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• Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Ubaldo, D., Gutierrez, B., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. & Kupfer, A. 2004. Ichthyophis glandulosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.