Ichthyophis tricolor

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Ichthyophis tricolor
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: I. tricolor
Binomial name
Ichthyophis tricolor
Annandale, 1909

Ichthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909

Body violet-brown, with a yellow lateral stripe from lips to tip of tail, slightly wider and unbroken at neck.A broad white ventral stripe present. Snout slightly projecting. Eyes are distinct and the tentacles are placed closer to the eye at the edge of upper lip. Known from Kerala (south of Palghat gap).

Image: Ichthyophis tricolor

Reference

Bhatta, G. 1998. A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 23(1): 73-85