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Upper Laos caecilian

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Upper Laos caecilian
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: I. laosensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis laosensis
Taylor, 1969

The Upper Laos caecilian (Ichthyophis laosensis) is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae. It is endemic to Laos and only known from a single specimen (holotype) collected from the imprecise type locality, "Upper Laos". Presumably a tropical moist forest species, nothing definite is known about its habitat or ecology.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Ichthyophis laosensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T59624A86754842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T59624A86754842.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Ichthyophis laosensis Taylor, 1969". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
Taxon identifiers
Ichthyophis laosensis
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