Species of Thailand
Mae Wang caecilian
Ichthyophis acuminatus
Edward Harrison Taylor, 1960
The pointed-headed caecilian, Ichthyophis acuminatus, is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Gymnophiona
- Family
- Ichthyophiidae
- Genus
- Ichthyophis
- Species
- Ichthyophis acuminatus
Common names
- English:
- Mae Wang caecilian
- Pointed-snouted caecilian
- Elongate-headed caecilian
- Me Wang Valley caecilian
- Pointed-headed caecilian
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Op Khan National Park