Basilan Island caecilian
| Basilan Island caecilian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. glandulosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis glandulosus Taylor, 1923 | |
The Basilan Island caecilian, Ichthyophis glandulosus, is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater springs, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land and seasonally flooded agricultural land. The population is unknown as only two specimens have been collected.
Sources
- 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 glandulosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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