Ichthyophis supachaii
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Ichthyophis 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.
It is known mostly from eleven specimens of various ages collected in 1958 by Edward Harrison Taylor
at several localities in a wide area of tropical forest in southern Thailand. Later it was recorded among the moist banks of a river near an abandoned zinc mine.
It is likely to be threatened by habitat loss.
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...
in the family Ichthyophiidae
Ichthyophiidae
Ichthyophiidae is the family of Asiatic tailed caecilians or fish caecilians. They are found in south-east Asia.They are primitive caecilians, 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...
.
It is found in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
's provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
Nakhon Si Thammarat is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, at the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand...
and Trang
Trang
Trang is the capital of Trang Province, Thailand. The city has a population of 59,637 and covers the whole tambon Thap Thiang of Mueang Trang district....
, and possibly Malaysia.
It is known mostly from eleven specimens of various ages collected in 1958 by Edward Harrison Taylor
Edward Harrison Taylor
Edward Harrison Taylor was an American herpetologist from Kansas.He was born in Maysville, Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating with a B.A. in 1912. Subsequently, he went to the Philippines, where at first he held a teacher's post in a village in central...
at several localities in a wide area of tropical forest in southern Thailand. Later it was recorded among the moist banks of a river near an abandoned zinc mine.
It is likely to be threatened by habitat loss.