Ichthyophis larutensis Taylor, 1960

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

Ichthyophis larutensis Taylor, 1960, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 40: 44. Holotype: BMNH 1898.9.22.208, by original designation. Type locality: "Larut Hills (near Maxwell's Bungalow), Perak, Malaya, [Malaysia,] elevation 3,380 ft."

Caudacaecilia larutensisTaylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 47, 165.

Ichthyophis larutensisNishikawa, Matsui, Yong, Ahmad, Yambun Imbun, Belabut, Sudin, Hamidy, Orlov, Ota, Yoshikawa, Tominaga, and Shimada, 2012, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 63: 718.

Epicrium larutense — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 407. 

English Names

Larut Hills Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 25; Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 72).

Distribution

Known only from the region of type locality (Perak, Malaya, Malaysia) and across the border into extreme southern Thailand (Narathiwat).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Malaysia, Malaysia, West (Peninsular), Thailand

Comment

Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 72, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Chan-ard, Cota, and Makchai, 2011, Amph. E. Region Thailand: 123, detailed the range in Thailand. Grismer, Chan, Grismer, Wood, and Ahmad, 2010, Russ. J. Herpetol., 17: 147–160, reported a locality in the Banjaran Bintang Mountains, northwestern peninsular Malaysia. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 108–109, provided a brief account (photograph, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). 

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