Ichthyophiidae

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Asiatic tailed caecilians | image= Caecilian wynaad1.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Ichthyophis sp. from the Western Ghats | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Amphibia | ordo = Gymnophiona | familia = Ichthyophiidae | familia_authority = Taylor, 1968 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision =  Caudacaecilia
 Ichthyophis }}

Image:Caecilian wynaad2.jpg

Ichthyophiidae is the family of asiatic tailed caecilians or fish caecilians. They are found in south-east Asia.

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Taxonomy


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References

  • Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians." Herpetological Monographs, (3), 1-42
  • {{cite journal 
| last = San Mauro
| first = Diego
| title = Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1
| url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.014
| journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 
| volume = 33
| pages = 413-427
| year = 2004
| month = November

| coauthors = David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, Mark Wilkinson and Rafael Zardoya }}

  • {{cite journal 
| last = San Mauro
| first = Diego
| title = Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea
| url = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AN/journal/issues/v165n5/40546/40546.html
| journal = American Naturalist
| volume = 165
| pages = 590-599
| year = 2005
| month = May

| coauthors = Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer }}

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