Ichthyophis tricolor

Ichthyophis tricolor

Taxobox
name = Ichthyophis tricolor


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Gymnophiona
familia = Ichthyophiidae
genus = "Ichthyophis"
species = "I. tricolor"
binomial = "Ichthyophis tricolor"
binomial_authority = Annandale, 1909 "Ichthyophis tricolor" Annandale, 1909

Body violet-brown, with a yellow lateral stripe from lips to tip of tail, slightly wider and unbroken at neck.A broad white ventral stripe present. Snout slightly projecting. Eyes are distinct and the tentacles are placed closer to the eye at the edge of upper lip. Known from Kerala (south of Palghat gap).

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Reference

Bhatta, G. 1998. A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 23(1): 73-85


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