Ichthyophiidae
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 Ichthyophis sp. from the Western Ghats
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Caudacaecilia |
Ichthyophiidae is the family of asiatic tailed caecilians or fish caecilians. They are found in south-east Asia.
[edit] Taxonomy
- Genus Caudacaecilia
- Genus Ichthyophis
- Ichthyophis acuminatus
- Ichthyophis atricollaris
- Ichthyophis bannanicus
- Ichthyophis beddomei
- Ichthyophis bernisi
- Ichthyophis biangularis
- Ichthyophis billitonensis
- Ichthyophis bombayensis
- Ichthyophis dulitensis
- Ichthyophis elongatus
- Ichthyophis glandulosus
- Ichthyophis glutinosus
- Ichthyophis humphreyi
- Ichthyophis husaini
- Ichthyophis hypocyaneus
- Ichthyophis javanicus
- Ichthyophis kodaguensis
- Ichthyophis kohtaoensis
- Ichthyophis laosensis
- Ichthyophis longicephalus
- Ichthyophis malabarensis
- Ichthyophis mindanaoensis
- Ichthyophis mochrous
- Ichthyophis orthoplicatus
- Ichthyophis paucisulcus
- Ichthyophis peninsularis
- Ichthyophis pseudangularis
- Ichthyophis sikkimensis
- Ichthyophis singaporensis
- Ichthyophis subterrestris
- Ichthyophis sumatranus
- Ichthyophis supachaii
- Ichthyophis tricolor
- Ichthyophis youngorum
[edit] References
- Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians." Herpetological Monographs, (3), 1-42
- San Mauro, Diego; David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, Mark Wilkinson and Rafael Zardoya (November 2004). "Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 413-427. doi:.
- San Mauro, Diego; Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea". American Naturalist 165: 590-599.
- Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004
