Description
Habitat
Ecology: The type
specimen was collected in a rural garden, and adults
of this species are generally likely to be subterranean
in forest
and various degraded habitats
. The eggs
are probably laid on land
, and the larvae presumably develop in stream
habitats.
List of Habitats:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
5.2Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
14.4Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
15.7Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation
channels
)
15.8Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Gymnophiona
()
- Rafinesque, 1814
- Caecilians
- Family:
Ichthyophiidae
()
- Taylor, 1968
- Genus:
Ichthyophis
()
- Fitzinger, 1826
- Specific name:
singaporensis
- Taylor, 1960
- Scientific name: - Ichthyophis singaporensis Taylor, 1960
- Specific name:
singaporensis
- Taylor, 1960
- Genus:
Ichthyophis
(
- Family:
Ichthyophiidae
(
- Order:
Gymnophiona
(
- 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 . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Mar-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ichthyophis
There are approximately 41 species in this genus:
I. acuminatus · I. atricollaris · I. bannanicus · I. beddomei · I. bernisi · I. biangularis · I. billitonensis · I. bombayensis · I. dulitensis · I. elongatus · I. garoensis · I. gelatinosus · I. glandulosus (Basilan Island Caecilian) · I. glutinosa · I. glutinosus · I. humphreyi · I. husaini · I. hypocyaneus · I. javanicus · I. kohtaoensis · I. laosensis · I. longicephalus · I. malabarensis · I. mindanaoensis (Mindanao Island Caecilian) · I. monochrous · I. orthoplicatus · I. pantherinus · I. paucisulcus · I. peninsularis · I. pseudangularis · I. pseudoangularis · I. sikkimensis · I. singaporensis · I. subterrestris · I. sumatranus · I. supachaii · I. tigrinus · I. tricolor · I. vittatus · I. weberi · I. youngorum
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Further Reading
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Gower, D.J. and Wilkinson, M. 2005. Conservation biology of caecilian amphibians. Conservation Biology 19(1): 45-55.
- Taylor, E.H. 1960. On the caecilian species Ichthophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis monochrous, with descriptions of related species. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 40: 37-120.
- Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World. A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- van Dijk, P.P., Sukumaran, J., Yaakob, N., 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31291
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668558
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668558
- IUCN ID: 59633
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666856
