| Ichthyophis billitonensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. billitonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965 | |
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| Billiton Island caecilian range | |
Ichthyophis billitonensis, the Billiton Island caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae endemic to the Belitung island, Indonesia. It was rediscovered in 2022 from Gunung Tajam, Belitung, after not having been recorded since the original description of the species in 1965. This appears to be a small species, measuring 135 mm (5.3 in) in total length. Habitat requirements are unknown but it probably inhabits moist lowland forests. It may be threatened by habitat loss caused by opencast tin mining.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Ichthyophis billitonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T59613A95758438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59613A95758438.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Taylor, E. H. (1965). "New Asiatic and African caecilians with redescriptions of certain other species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 46: 253–302. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20077.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- Kusumah, Wanda; Hasan, Veryl; Samitra, Dian (2023). "Rediscovery of the Billiton Caecilian, Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965, on Belitung Island, Indonesia, after more than five decades". Herpetology Notes. 16: 95–97.
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| Ichthyophis billitonensis | |
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