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
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Ichthyophis glutinosus (Wikidata)
In Biome
Bog, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ichthyophis glutinosus
Lake, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ichthyophis glutinosus
River, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ichthyophis glutinosus
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sri Lanka, found in there.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ichthyophis glutinosus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Ichthyophis glutinosus
Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
In Biome: Lake, Habitat Regions, biome: lakes and ponds
lakes and ponds
In Biome: River, Habitat Regions, biome: rivers and streams
rivers and streams
In Biome: Bog, Habitat Regions, biome: bog
bog bog
View the Source 2. Ichthyophis glutinosus (Wikipedia)
lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 317274Quote, lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 317274
Its natural habitats are moist tropical and subtropical forests and pastures.
3. GBIF Species API
4. Ichthyophis glutinosus (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q1058039 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q1058039
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
- Child Taxon Of: Gymnophiona, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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