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Ichthyophis laosensis Taylor, 1969
Ichthyophis laosensis Taylor, 1969, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 48: 292. Holotype: MNHNP 1928.95, by original designation. Type locality: "Haut Laos" (= Upper Laos); Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 68, suggested that the type locality can be construed as "areas around Luang Prabang in central Laos".
English Names
Upper Laos Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 25).
Laos Caecilian (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 68).
Distribution
Known only from the imprecise type locality (Upper Laos) and possibly from Houaphan Province, Laos.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Laos
Endemic: Laos
Comment
Geissler, Poyarkov, Grismer, Nguyen, An, Neang, Kupfer, Ziegler, Böhme, and Müller, 2015, Organisms Divers. Evol., 15: 164–166, provided an account and redescribed the unique holotype. Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 68, suggested that records from Vietnam and Thailand are anticipated. Teynié, Nguyen, Lorvelec, Piquet, Lottier, and David, 2014, Bull. Soc. Herpetol. France, 151: 25, provided a record for Ichthyophis cf. laosensis from the environs of Viengthong, Houaphan Province, Laos, between 850 and 870 m elevation.
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