''Ichthyophis'' is a genus of
caecilian
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s (limbless amphibians, sometimes called the Asian caecilians) found in
Southeast Asia
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, the southern
Philippines
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, and the western Indo-Australian Archipelago.
In Sri Lanka, three species occur. All are found in almost all habitats, but are known to prefer moist ones. The most common is ''Ichthyophis glutinosus'', which is found in almost all altitudes; the others are ''I. orthoplicatus'', which is found in similar habitat to ''I. glutinosus'', but will not be found in lowlands below above sea level; and ''I. pseudangularis'', found in lowlands below ASL. A new species was recently discovered called ''
Ichthyophis multicolor''.
Species
References
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* AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation.
eb application 2008. Berkeley, California
''Ichthyophis'' AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: August 13, 2008).
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Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger