Ichthyophiidae
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Ichthyophiidae is the family of Asiatic tailed caecilians or fish caecilians. They are found in south-east Asia.
They are primitive caecilian
s, lacking many of the derived characters found in the other families. For example, the mouth is not recessed underneath the head, they possess tails, and have numerous scales on their body. However, they have two sets of muscles for closing the jaw, a feature unique to caecilians, but absent in the related family Rhinatrematidae
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They lay their eggs in cavities in moist soil, where they hatch into larvae that seek out streams or underground seepages, before metamorphosing into adults. There is some evidence that the female may protect the eggs until they hatch.
They are primitive caecilian
Caecilian
The caecilians are an order of amphibians that superficially resemble earthworms or snakes. They mostly live hidden in the ground, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. All extant caecilians and their closest fossil relatives are grouped as the clade Apoda. They are mostly...
s, lacking many of the derived characters found in the other families. For example, the mouth is not recessed underneath the head, they possess tails, and have numerous scales on their body. However, they have two sets of muscles for closing the jaw, a feature unique to caecilians, but absent in the related family Rhinatrematidae
Rhinatrematidae
Rhinatrematidae is the family of neotropical tailed caecilians or beaked caecilians. Members of the family are found in the equatorial countries of South America....
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They lay their eggs in cavities in moist soil, where they hatch into larvae that seek out streams or underground seepages, before metamorphosing into adults. There is some evidence that the female may protect the eggs until they hatch.
Taxonomy
Family Ichthyophiidae- Genus Caudacaecilia
- Caudacaecilia aspleniaCaudacaecilia aspleniaCaudacaecilia asplenia is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is found in Malaysia and possibly Thailand.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated...
- Broad-striped Caecilian - Caudacaecilia larutensisCaudacaecilia larutensisCaudacaecilia larutensis is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is found in Malaysia and Thailand.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily...
- Larut Hills Caecilian - Caudacaecilia nigroflavaCaudacaecilia nigroflavaCaudacaecilia nigroflava is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Malaysia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally...
- Kuala Lumpur Caecilian - Caudacaecilia paucidentulaCaudacaecilia paucidentulaCaudacaecilia paucidentula is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and...
- Kapahiang Caecilian - Caudacaecilia weberiCaudacaecilia weberiCaudacaecilia weberi is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family. Known commonly as the Malatgan River Caecilian, it is endemic to the Philippines....
- Malatgan River Caecilian
- Caudacaecilia asplenia
- Genus IchthyophisIchthyophisIchthyophis, sometimes called the Asian caecilians are a genus of caecilians found in Southeast Asia, southern Philippines, and western Indo-Australian Archipelago....
- Ichthyophis acuminatusIchthyophis acuminatusIchthyophis acuminatus is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Thailand.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former...
- Elongate-headed Caecilian - Ichthyophis alfredii
- Ichthyophis atricollarisIchthyophis atricollarisIchthyophis atricollaris is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Malaysia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally...
- Long Bloee Caecilian - Ichthyophis bannanicusIchthyophis bannanicusIchthyophis bannanicus is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family. It is commonly known as the Banna Caecilian. This amphibian is found in China, possibly Laos, possibly Myanmar, and possibly Vietnam....
- Banna Caecilian - Ichthyophis beddomeiIchthyophis beddomeiIchthyophis beddomei, sometimes called Beddome's caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae. Its body is dark violet-brown, becoming light brown ventrally. There is a yellow lateral stripe from head to tail tip. Upper lip and lower jaw also yellow in colour. The stripe...
- Yellow-striped Caecilian - Ichthyophis bernisiIchthyophis bernisiIchthyophis bernisi is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former...
- Indonesian Caecilian - Ichthyophis biangularisIchthyophis biangularisIchthyophis biangularis is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Malaysia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former...
- Angular Caecilian - Ichthyophis billitonensisIchthyophis billitonensisIchthyophis billitonensis is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally...
- Billiton Island Caecilian - Ichthyophis daribokensis
- Ichthyophis bombayensisIchthyophis bombayensisIchthyophis bombayensis, sometimes called the Bombay caecilian, is a type of caecilian found in India.This is a rather large species found in Northern Western Ghats. The eyes are distinct and surrounded by a light ring. The tentacle is placed closer to the lip and the eye...
- Bombay Caecilian - Ichthyophis davidiIchthyophis davidiIchthyophis davidi is a new caecilian species of India. It has been discovered in Chorla, a village situated on the borders of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka inside the Mhadei region. Ichthyophis davidi is one of the largest known limbless yellow striped caecilian from the Western Ghats, India...
- Ichthyophis dulitensisIchthyophis dulitensisIchthyophis dulitensis is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Malaysia. It is named after Mount Dulit in northern Sarawak...
- Mount Dulit Caecilian - Ichthyophis elongatusIchthyophis elongatusIchthyophis elongatus is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Sumatra, but has been reported from some nearby islands....
- Elongated Caecilian - Ichthyophis garoensisIchthyophis garoensisIchthyophis garoensis is a species of caecilian found in India....
- Ichthyophis glandulosus - Basilan Island Caecilian
- Ichthyophis glutinosusIchthyophis glutinosusIchthyophis glutinosus or Ceylon Caecilian is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Sri Lanka....
- Ceylon Caecilian - Ichthyophis humphreyiIchthyophis humphreyiIchthyophis humphreyi is a species of caecilian found in India....
- Humphrey's Caecilian - Ichthyophis husainiIchthyophis husainiIchthyophis husaini is a species of caecilian found in India.-References:*...
- Husain's Caecilian - Ichthyophis hypocyaneusIchthyophis hypocyaneusIchthyophis hypocyaneus is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally...
- Bantam Caecilian - Ichthyophis javanicusIchthyophis javanicusIchthyophis javanicus is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former...
- Javan Caecilian - Ichthyophis khumhzi
- Ichthyophis kodaguensis - Kodagu Striped Caecilian
- Ichthyophis kohtaoensisIchthyophis kohtaoensisIchthyophis kohtaoensis is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
- Koa Tao Island Caecilian - Ichthyophis laosensisIchthyophis laosensisIchthyophis laosensis is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Laos.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former...
- Upper Laos Caecilian - Ichthyophis longicephalusIchthyophis longicephalusIchthyophis 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...
- Long-headed Caecilian - Ichthyophis malabarensisIchthyophis malabarensisIchthyophis malabarensis is a species of caecilian found in India....
- Malabar Caecilian - Ichthyophis mindanaoensis - Mindanao Island Caecilian
- Ichthyophis monochrousIchthyophis monochrousIchthyophis monochrous is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is 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 forest, irrigated...
- Western Borneo Caecilian - Ichthyophis moustakius
- Ichthyophis orthoplicatusIchthyophis orthoplicatusIchthyophis orthoplicatus is a species of caecilian with its natural habitat in Sri Lanka....
- Pattipola Caecilian - Ichthyophis paucisulcusIchthyophis paucisulcusIchthyophis paucisulcus is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is found in Indonesia and Singapore.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded...
- Siantar Caecilian - Ichthyophis peninsularisIchthyophis peninsularisIchthyophis peninsularis is a species of caecilian found in India....
- Ichthyophis pseudangularisIchthyophis pseudangularisIchthyophis pseudangularis is a species of caecilian with its natural habitat in Sri Lanka....
- Taylor's Caecilian - Ichthyophis sendenyu
- Ichthyophis sikkimensisIchthyophis sikkimensisIchthyophis sikkimensis is a species of caecilian found in India, Nepal and possibly Bhutan....
- Sikkimese Caecilian - Ichthyophis singaporensisIchthyophis singaporensisIchthyophis singaporensis is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Singapore.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and...
- Singapore Caecilian - Ichthyophis subterrestrisIchthyophis subterrestrisIchthyophis subterrestris is a species of caecilian found in India....
- Ichthyophis sumatranusIchthyophis sumatranusIchthyophis sumatranus is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former...
- Sumatran Caecilian - Ichthyophis supachaiiIchthyophis supachaiiIchthyophis supachaii is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.It is found in Thailand's provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang, and possibly Malaysia....
- Supachai's Caecilian - Ichthyophis tricolorIchthyophis tricolorIchthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909Body violet-brown, with a yellow lateral stripe from lips to tip of tail, slightly wider and unbroken at neck.A broad white ventral stripe present. Snout slightly projecting. Eyes are distinct and the tentacles are placed closer to the eye at the edge of upper...
- Three-coloured Caecilian - Ichthyophis youngorumIchthyophis youngorumIchthyophis youngorum is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family. It is it is known only from ten adult and thirteen larval specimens collected in 1957 by Edward Harrison Taylor. They were collected in the rainforest of Doi Suthep, near Chiang Mai in Thailand, in a small valley at ...
- Doi Suthep Caecilian
- Ichthyophis acuminatus