Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
The recent records
of this species have been from lowland selectively
logged rainforest and swamp
forest
. It is presumably a subterranean
species, with terrestrial
eggs
and larvae that live in streams
. (Ref.
279476).
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.8 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.2 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
- 15.8 Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land
- 15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels , Ditches [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Gymnophiona
()
- Rafinesque, 1814
- Family:
Ichthyophiidae
()
- Taylor, 1968
- Genus:
Ichthyophis
()
- Fitzinger, 1826
- Specific name:
paucisulcus
- Taylor, 1960
- Scientific name: - Ichthyophis paucisulcus Taylor, 1960
- Specific name:
paucisulcus
- Taylor, 1960
- Genus:
Ichthyophis
(
- Family:
Ichthyophiidae
(
- Order:
Gymnophiona
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
The taxonomic
status of this species is unclear. It is not clear
that all specimens attributed to this name actually belong to the
same species.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ichthyophis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
I. bannanicus (Banna Caecilian) · I. glandulosus (Basilan Island Caecilian) · I. glutinosus (Ceylon Caecilian) · I. hypocyaneus (Javan Caecilian) · I. kohtaoensis (Koa Tao Island Caecilian) · I. mindanaoensis (Mindanao Island Caecilian) · I. orthoplicatus (Pattipola Caecilian) · I. tigrinus (Spotted Snake Moray) · I. tricolor (Maddatorai Caecilian) · I. vittatus (Banded Creeping Eel)
More Info
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Further Reading
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 40 1960 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url fig. 34, page 104, fig. 35, page 106, p. 38.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Djoko Iskandar, Leong Tzi Ming, Mark Wilkinson, David Gower, Alex Kupfer 2004. Ichthyophis paucisulcus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Iskandar, D., Tzi Ming, L., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. & Kupfer, A. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31287
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668554
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668554
- IUCN ID: 215996
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666852
Footnotes
- Djoko Iskandar, Leong Tzi Ming, Mark Wilkinson, David Gower, Alex Kupfer 2004. Ichthyophis paucisulcus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
