Ichthyophis (from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús), meaning "fish", and ὄφις (óphis), meaning "snake", and thus, "fish snake") is a genus of caecilians found in Southeast Asia, the southern Philippines, and the western Indo-Australian Archipelago.
In Sri Lanka, three species occur. All are found in almost all habitats, but are known to prefer moist ones. The most common is Ichthyophis glutinosus, which is found in almost all altitudes; the others are I. orthoplicatus, which is found in similar habitat to I. glutinosus, but will not be found in lowlands below above sea level; and I. pseudangularis, found in lowlands below ASL. A new species was recently discovered called Ichthyophis multicolor.
Species Binomial name and author Common name Ichthyophis acuminatus pointed-headed caecilian Ichthyophis alfredi Ichthyophis asplenius Ichthyophis atricollaris Long Bloee caecilian Ichthyophis bannanicus Banna caecilian Ichthyophis beddomei yellow-striped caecilian Ichthyophis bernisi Indonesian caecilian Ichthyophis biangularis angular caecilian Ichthyophis billitonensis Billiton Island caecilian Ichthyophis bombayensis Bombay caecilian Ichthyophis cardamomensis Cardamom Mountains caecilian Ichthyophis catlocensis Cat Loc caecilian Ichthyophis chaloensis Cha Lo caecilian Ichthyophis daribokensis Ichthyophis dulitensis Mount Dulit caecilian Ichthyophis elongatus elongated caecilian Ichthyophis garoensis Garo Hills caecilian Ichthyophis glandulosus Basilan Island caecilian Ichthyophis glutinosus Ceylon caecilian Ichthyophis humphreyi Humphrey's caecilian Ichthyophis hypocyaneus Bantam caecilian Ichthyophis javanicus Javan caecilian Ichthyophis khumhzi Khumhzi striped ichthyophis Ichthyophis kodaguensis Kodagu striped caecilian Ichthyophis kohtaoensis Koa Tao Island caecilian Ichthyophis lakimi Ichthyophis laosensis Upper Laos caecilian Ichthyophis larutensis Ichthyophis longicephalus long-headed caecilian Ichthyophis mindanaoensis Mindanao Island caecilian Ichthyophis monochrous Western Borneo caecilian Ichthyophis moustakius Ichthyophis multicolor Ichthyophis nguyenorum Ichthyophis nigroflavus Ichthyophis nokrekensis Ichthyophis orthoplicatus Pattipola caecilian Ichthyophis paucidentulus Ichthyophis paucisulcus Siantar caecilian Ichthyophis pauli Ichthyophis pseudangularis Taylor's caecilian Ichthyophis sendenyu Ichthyophis sikkimensis Sikkimese caecilian Ichthyophis singaporensis Singapore caecilian Ichthyophis sumatranus Sumatra caecilian Ichthyophis supachaii Supachai's caecilian Ichthyophis tricolor three-colored caecilian Ichthyophis weberi Ichthyophis youngorum Doi Suthep caecilian
References
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ichthyophis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: August 13, 2008).