Biology:Sumatran caecilian

Sumatran caecilian
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Family:	Ichthyophiidae
Genus:	Ichthyophis
Species:	I. sumatranus
Binomial name
Ichthyophis sumatranus Taylor, 1960
Sumatran caecilian range

The Sumatran caecilian, Ichthyophis sumatranus, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

Sources

• Iskandar, D., Mumpuni, Gower, D., Wilkinson, M. & Kupfer, A. 2004. Ichthyophis sumatranus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.

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