Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Gymnophiona > Ichthyophiidae > Ichthyophis > Ichthyophis biangularisIchthyophis biangularis (Angular Caecilian)Ichthyophis biangularis, the angular caecilian or Metang caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to Borneo (Malaysia): it is only known from its type locality, Mount Matang in Sarawak, where the holotype was collected in 1872 by Alfred Hart Everett. New specimens were collected from the type locality only in 2009. In addition, one larval sample was collected from the same region and identified as likely Ichthyophis biangularis using genetic methods. |
| Adult Length [1] | 10 inches (25.8 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Borneo lowland rain forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Kubah National Park |
II |
6735 |
Sarawak, Malaysia |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Sundaland |
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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