Ichthyophis supachaii, or Supachai's caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae found in Thailand's provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang, and possibly Malaysia.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
Genus: | Ichthyophis |
Species: | I. supachaii
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Binomial name | |
Ichthyophis supachaii Taylor, 1960
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Supachai's caecilian range |
It is known mostly from 11 specimens of various ages collected in 1958 by Edward Harrison Taylor at several localities in a wide area of tropical forest in southern Thailand. Later, it was recorded among the moist banks of a river near an abandoned zinc mine. It is likely to be threatened by habitat loss.
References
edit- ^ Peter Paul van Dijk, Yodchaiy Chuaynkern, Alex Kupfer, Hendrik Muller (2004). "Ichthyophis supachaii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59636A11974248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59636A11974248.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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- Himstedt, Werner (2000). "Caecilian Ecology". In Hofrichter, Robert (ed.). Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts. New York: Firefly. pp. 186–190. ISBN 1-55209-541-X.
- van Dijk, P.P.; Chuaynkern, Y.; Kupfer, A. & Muller, H. (2004). "Ichthyophis supachaii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59636A11974248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59636A11974248.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.