Ichthyophis larutensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: Ichthyophis larutensis

Name

Ichthyophis larutensis Taylor, 1960

• Holotype: BMNH 98.9.22.208, collector by Stanley Smyth Flower.
• Type locality: “Larut Hills (near Maxwell's Bungalow), Perak, Malaya, [=Malaysia,] elevation 3,380 ft.”

Combinations

• Ichthyophis larutensis Taylor, 1960: 44 [original combination]
• Caudacaecilia larutensis — Taylor, 1968: 47 [subsequent combination]
• Ichthyophis larutensis — Nishikawa, Matsui, Yong, Ahmad, Yambun Imbun, Belabut, Sudin, Hamidy, Orlov, Ota, Yoshikawa, Tominaga & Shimada, 2012: 718 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1960. On the caecilian species Ichthyophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis monochrous, with description of related species. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 40: 37–120. BHL
• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M., Yong, H.-S., Ahmad, N., Yambun Imbun, P., Belabut, D.M., Sudin, A., Hamidy, A., Orlov, N.L., Ota, H., Yoshikawa, N., Tominaga, A. & Shimada, T. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of caecilians from Southeast Asia (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae), with special reference to high cryptic species diversity in Sundaland. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(3): 714–723. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.017 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Ichthyophis larutensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T59603A89872195. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T59604A89872310.en. Accessed on 03 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Larut Hills Caecilian