Ichthyophis biangularis Taylor, 1965

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Ichthyophiidae > Genus: Ichthyophis > Species: Ichthyophis biangularis

Ichthyophis biangularis Taylor, 1965, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 46: 272. Holotype: BMNH 1872.2.19.59A, by original designation. Type locality: "Matang (Mt.), Sarawak, Borneo", Malaysia.

Epicrium biangulare — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 407. 

English Names

Metang Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 25).

Angular Caecilian (Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 167).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Matang, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)

Endemic: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)

Comment

Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 166, provided a brief description for Sarawak.

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