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Ichthyophis acuminatus Taylor, 1960
Ichthyophis acuminatus Taylor, 1960, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 40: 98. Holotype: AMNH 20875, by original designation. Type locality: "Me [= Mae] Wang Valley, [Chiang Mai Province,] Thailand".
English Names
Me Wang Valley Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 25).
Yellow-lipped Snake Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 53).
Pointed-headed Caecilian (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 53).
Elongate-headed Caecilian (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 74).
Mae Wang Caecilian (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 68).
Distribution
Known from northwestern Thailand (Mae Wang District, Chiang Mai Province and Pa Song District, Lamphun Province) and Muang Liep, Sayaboury Province, Laos.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Laos, Thailand
Comment
See account by Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 583-586. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 53, provided a brief characterization and extended statement of range. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 74-75, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Geissler, Poyarkov, Grismer, Nguyen, An, Neang, Kupfer, Ziegler, Böhme, and Müller, 2015, Organisms Divers. Evol., 15: 153–156, provided an account and redescribed the holotype. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 102–103, provided a brief account (photograph, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). Makchai, Chuaynkern, Safoowong, Chuachat, and Cota, 2020, Amph. N. Thailand: 191, provided photographs, a brief account for Thailand, and a range map.
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