Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826

Wilkinson, Mark, Mauro, Diego San, Sherratt, Emma & Gower, David J., 2011, A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zootaxa 2874, pp. 41-64 : 50

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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 ).

Fitzinger, L. J. (1826) Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren naturlichen Verwand-tschaften nebst einer Verwandschaftstafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptiliensammlungen des K. K. zoologischen Museums zu Wien. J. G. Heubner, Wien.

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae (10 th Ed), Laurentii Salva, Holmiae.