Ichthyophis glutinosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: Ichthyophis glutinosus

Name

Ichthyophis glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Type locality: "Habitat in Indiis"
- Holotype: NHRM
- Original combination: Caecilia glutinosa

Synonyms

Coecilia viscosa Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801
Ichthyophis glutinosus — Fitzinger, 1826
Epicrium glutinosum — Wagler, 1828
Caecilia (Ichthyophis) glutinosa — Van der Hoeven, 1833
Ichthyophis (Epicrium) glutinosus — Bourret, 1927
Ichthyophis forcarti Taylor, 1965

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 229. Reference page.
Bourret, 1927, Fauna Indochine, Vert., 3: 252.
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Ichthyophis glutinosus
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ichthyophis glutinosus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ichthyophis glutinosus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 13 August 2008.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Ceylonwühle
English: Ceylon caecilian, Common yellow-banded caecilian
italiano: Ittiofide glutinoso
polski: Łusecznik lepki
Tiếng Việt: Ếch giun

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