| Ichthyophis longicephalus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. longicephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986 |
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Ichthyophis longicephalus is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae. The body is dark violet-brown, and lighter ventrally. A yellow lateral stripe starting at the neck and reaching the tip of the tail. Small yellow patches are also found on the sides of the neck. There is a mid ventral line formed by the breaking of annulli ventrally, extending from neck to vent. The long head has distinct eyes and the tentacles are close to the lip and eye. Nostrils at the tip of the snout and visible from above. Upper jaw overhangs the lower jaw. The species is found in Kerala (Known from Silent Valley National Park).
Bhatta, G. 1998. A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 23(1): 73-85