Western Borneo caecilian
| Western Borneo caecilian | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. monochrous |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis monochrous (Bleeker, 1858) | |
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| Western Borneo caecilian range | |
The Western Borneo caecilian, Ichthyophis monochrous, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
References
- Inger, R., Iskandar, D., Das, I., Stuebing, R., Lakim, M., Yambun, P., Mumpuni, Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. & Kupfer, A. 2004. Ichthyophis monochrous. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
Further reading
- Edward H. Taylor (1960). ""On the Caecilian Species Ichthyophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis inonochroiis, with Description of Related Species" 40 (4). pp. 37–130. ref. on page 51-55.