Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826

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2. Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826

Type species: Caecilia glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 ( Fig. 5 ) by original monotypy.

Diagnosis: The only ichthyophiids with inner mandibular teeth and tentacular apertures below and intermediate between the eyes and nares.

Distribution: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Content: 38 species ( acuminatus , alfredii, atricollaris , bannanicus , beddomei , bernisi , biangularis , billitonensis , bombayensis , daribokensis, dulitensis , elongatus , garoensis , glandulosus , glutinosus , humphreyi , husaini , hypocyaneus , javanicus , khumhzi, kodaguensis , kohtaoensis , laosensis , longicephalus , mindanaoensis , monochrous , moustakius, nokrekensis, orthoplicatus , paucisulcus , pseudangularis , sendenyu, sikkimensis , singaporensis , sumatranus , supachaii , tricolor , youngorum ).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Volume reconstruction of HRXCT data showing skull of Ichthyophis glutinosus (MW 1773). Views as in Fig. 2. Scale bar = 1 mm. Scan parameters: a molybdenum target set at 95 kV and 190 μA; scan data were collected at 2.0 frames per second over 3142 projections in 360 ˚; reconstructed voxel size of 13 μm. Abbreviations as in Appendix.