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Ceylon Caecilian

Amphibians

The Ceylon caecilian is a limbless, burrowing amphibian, family Ichthyophiidae, endemic to the moist forests and pastures of southwestern and central Sri Lanka. Its body is ringed by hundreds of transverse folds that give it a segmented, earthworm like appearance, and it is colored steel blue above with pale yellow bands running along each side.

Facts
Scientific Name
Ichthyophis glutinosus 1
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
Sources
1. Ichthyophis glutinosus (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q1058039 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
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