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Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986

Long-headed caecilian, Yellow-spotted caecilian

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1979 or 1980

Rediscovered in 2009-2010

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

 

Distribution

Kerala, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Pillai, R. S. (1986). Amphibian fauna of Silent Valley, Kerala, S. India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 1986: 229-242.

 

Other references:

Sushil Dutta, Gopalakrishna Bhatta, David Gower, Mark Wilkinson, Oommen V. Oommen. (2004). Ichthyophis longicephalus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 16 February 2013.

Sushil Dutta, Gopalakrishna Bhatta, David Gower, Mark Wilkinson, Oommen V. Oommen. (2004). Ichthyophis longicephalus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59625A11970852. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59625A11970852.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.

Kotharambath, R., Wilkinson, L., Oommen, O. V., George, S., Nussbaum, R. A. and Gower, D. J. (2012). On the systematics, distribution and conservation status of Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae). Journal of Natural History 46(47-48): 2935-2959. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.717972

Venu, Govindappa et al. (2020). First records of the Long-headed Caecilian, Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986 (Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India with comments on its conservation status. Journal of Animal Diversity 2(3): 5-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/JAD.2020.2.3.2

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16620/ichthyophis-longicephalus

 

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