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Mindanao Island caecilian

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Gymnophiona

Genus
  
Ichthyophis

Higher classification
  
Ichthyophis

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Ichthyophiidae

Scientific name
  
Ichthyophis mindanaoensis

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Siantar caecilian, Sikkimese caecilian, Ichthyophis

The Mindanao Island caecilian, Ichthyophis mindanaoensis, is a species of amphibian in the Ichthyophiidae family endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater springs, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

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Mindanao Island caecilian Wikipedia