Mindanao Island Caecilian

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Mindanao 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. mindanaoensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis mindanaoensis Taylor, 1960

The Mindanao Island Caecilian (Ichthyophis mindanaoensis) 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 mindanaoensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.