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Ichthyophis biangularis Taylor, 1965

Metang caecilian, Angular caecilian

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 2009

IUCN RedList status: Near Threatened

 

Distribution

Sarawak, Malaysia

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Taylor, E. H. (1965). New Asiatic and African caecilians with redescriptions of related species. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 46: 253-302.

 

Other references:

Gower, D. J. and Wilkinson, M. (2005). Conservation biology of caecilian amphibians. Conservation Biology 19(1): 45-55.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2019). Ichthyophis biangularis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T59612A95756381. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T59612A95756381.en. Accessed on 27 November 2022.

Nishikawa, Kanto et al. (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: 714-723.

Taylor, E. H. (1968). The Caecilians of the World. A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.

 

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