| Ichthyophis glutinosus | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. glutinosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Ichthyophis glutinosus range | |
Ichthyophis glutinosus or Ceylon Caecilian (Sometimes mistakenly spelled Ichthyophis gluinosus) is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.