Ichthyophis mindanaoensis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
GYMNOPHIONA |
ICHTHYOPHIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Ichthyophis mindanaoensis |
| Species Authority: |
Taylor, 1960 |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
The taxonomic status of this species is unclear. Records of caecilians from several localities on Mindanao Island need to be properly identified. |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Data Deficient
ver 3.1
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| Year Assessed: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s: |
Arvin Diesmos, Angel Alcala, Rafe Brown, Leticia Afuang, Genevieve Gee, Katie Hampson, Mae Leonida Diesmos, Aldrin Mallari, Perry Ong, Dondi Ubaldo, Baldwin Gutierrez, Mark Wilkinson, David Gower, Alex Kupfer |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox) |
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species is known from mountain areas on Mindanao Island in the Philippines. It has been recorded in at least half a dozen separate localities, and is found at 600-850m asl, and probably ranges higher than this.
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Population
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| Population: |
It is apparently common, but is very localized and patchily distributed.
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It is known from lowland and submontane rainforest and associated agricultural habitats, where the adults are subterranean. The larvae inhabit unpolluted streams, rivers and quiet pools near streams. The adults and larvae have also been found in mud in recently cleared agricultural fields at forest edges.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
It has been suggested that the main threats to this species are logging, habitat conversion to agriculture, and pollution of streams and rivers from mining and agricultural effluents. However, the limited information available suggests that, as with other species of Ichthyophis, it is fairly adaptable to habitat modification, and might not be significantly threatened, except in local situations.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It is in need of taxonomic review (Wilkinson pers. comm.)
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