Biology:Koa Tao Island caecilian
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| Species: | I. kohtaoensis
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| Ichthyophis kohtaoensis Taylor, 1960
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| Koa Tao Island caecilian range | |
The Koa Tao Island caecilian, Ichthyophis kohtaoensis, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
The scientific name refers to the island Ko Tao Island in the Gulf of Siam, where the type specimen was collected.
References
- van Dijk, P.P., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. & Kupfer, A. 2004. Ichthyophis kohtaoensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
Wikidata ☰ Q962881 entry
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