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Ichthyophis nguyenorum Nishikawa, Matsui, and Orlov, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Ichthyophiidae > Genus: Ichthyophis

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Ichthyophis nguyenorum Nishikawa, Matsui, and Orlov, 2012, Curr. Herpetol., 31: 29. Holotype: ZISP 10711, by original designation. Type locality: "Mang Canh Village, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam (14° 41′ 18″ N, 108° 19′ 28″ E, 1200 m asl)".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Mang Canh, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam).

Comment

First reported as Ichthyophis sp. by Gower, Kupfer, Oommen, Himstedt, Nussbaum, Loader, Presswell, Müller, Krishna, Boistel, and Wilkinson, 2002, Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. B, Biol. Sci., 269: 1563-1569..

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