Ichthyophis hypocyaneus

Ichthyophis hypocyaneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:
I. hypocyaneus
Binomial name
Ichthyophis hypocyaneus
(Van Hasselt in Boie, 1827)
Bantam caecilian range
Synonyms[2]

Coecilia hypocyanea J. C. Van Hasselt in Boie, 1827

Ichthyophis hypocyaneus, the Javan caecilian or marsh caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae of caecilians, endemic to Java, Indonesia.[2] Until its rediscovery in 2000, it was known only from the 1827 type specimen.

Distribution and habitat

Ichthyophis hypocyaneus is so far known from four sites on Java Island, Indonesia, and was originally described in Banten in West Java. The species was thought to be extinct but rediscovered through a second observation in Pekalongan.[3] The third sighting of the species was in Bodogol, at the edge of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park (Kusrini 2007), and the fourth sighting in Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park.[4]

Ecology

Ichthyophis caecilians are oviparous and present in a broad range of terrestrial microhabitats, ranging from primary forests to plantations.[1] The breeding season overlaps with the rainy season, when Ichthyophis caecilians are usually found in epigeic microhabitats. Egg deposition starts at the onset of the monsoon with metamorphosis taking place before the end of the dry season.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Ichthyophis hypocyaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T59621A97654390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T59621A97654390.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Ichthyophis hypocyaneus (Van Hasselt in Boie, 1827)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  3. ^ Iskandar, D; Colijn, E (2000). "Preliminary checklist of southeast Asian and New Guinean herpetofauna. 1 - Amphibians". Treubia. 31: 1–133.
  4. ^ Borzée, A.; Yi, Y.; Kusrini, M.D. (2012). "Habitat use by the Javan caecilian (Ichthyophis hypocyaneus)". Korean Journal of Herpetology. 8: 15–18.
  5. ^ Kupfer, A; Nabhitabhata, J; Himstedt, W. (2005). "Life history of amphibians in the seasonal tropics: habitat, community and population ecology of a caecilian (genus Ichthyophis)". Journal of Zoology. 266 (3): 237–247. doi:10.1017/s0952836905006849.


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