Ichthyophis mindanaoensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

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 [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

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.

History:

2000

–

Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

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.
Countries:	Native: Philippines
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Population [top]

Population:	It is apparently common, but is very localized and patchily distributed.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

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.

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.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is in need of taxonomic review (Wilkinson pers. comm.)

Conservation Actions:

It is in need of taxonomic review (Wilkinson pers. comm.)

Bibliography [top]

	Alcala, A.C. and Brown, W.C. 1985. Philippine Amphibians: An Illustrated Field Guide. Bookmark Press, Makati City, Philippines. Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. and Alcala, A.C. 2001. The state of Philippine herpetology and the challenges for the next decade. Silliman Journal: 18-87. Frost, D.R. 1985. Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press and the Association of Systematic Collections, Lawrence, Kansas. Gower, D.J. and Wilkinson, M. 2005. Conservation biology of caecilian amphibians. Conservation Biology 19(1): 45-55. Inger, R.F. 1999. Distributions of amphibians in southern Asia and adjacent islands. In: Duellman, W.E. (ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: A Global Perspective, pp. 445-482. John Hopkins University Press. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Nussbaum, R.A. and Wilkinson, M. 1989. On the classification and phylogeny of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), a critical review. Herpetological Monographs: 1-42. Taylor, E.H. 1960. On the caecilian species Ichthophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis monochrous, with descriptions of related species. University of Kansas Science Bulletin: 37-120. Taylor, E.H. 1965. New Asiatic and African caecilians with redescriptions of related species. University of Kansas Science Bulletin: 253-302. Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World. A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.

Alcala, A.C. and Brown, W.C. 1985. Philippine Amphibians: An Illustrated Field Guide. Bookmark Press, Makati City, Philippines.

Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. and Alcala, A.C. 2001. The state of Philippine herpetology and the challenges for the next decade. Silliman Journal: 18-87.

Frost, D.R. 1985. Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press and the Association of Systematic Collections, Lawrence, Kansas.

Gower, D.J. and Wilkinson, M. 2005. Conservation biology of caecilian amphibians. Conservation Biology 19(1): 45-55.

Inger, R.F. 1999. Distributions of amphibians in southern Asia and adjacent islands. In: Duellman, W.E. (ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: A Global Perspective, pp. 445-482. John Hopkins University Press.

IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.

Nussbaum, R.A. and Wilkinson, M. 1989. On the classification and phylogeny of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), a critical review. Herpetological Monographs: 1-42.

Taylor, E.H. 1960. On the caecilian species Ichthophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis monochrous, with descriptions of related species. University of Kansas Science Bulletin: 37-120.

Taylor, E.H. 1965. New Asiatic and African caecilians with redescriptions of related species. University of Kansas Science Bulletin: 253-302.

Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World. A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.

Citation:	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 2004. Ichthyophis mindanaoensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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