Singapore caecilian

Singapore caecilian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: I. singaporensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis singaporensis
Taylor, 1960

The Singapore caecilian, Ichthyophis singaporensis, is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to Singapore. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

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