Ichthyophis singaporensis

Ichthyophis singaporensis, the Singapore caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae endemic to Singapore. 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.

Ichthyophis singaporensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:
I. singaporensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis singaporensis
Taylor, 1960

References

  1. van Dijk, P.P., Sukumaran, J., Yaakob, N., Tzi Ming, L., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. & Kupfer, A. 2004. Ichthyophis singaporensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.


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