A new unstriped Ichthyophis is described based on one adult male and five larval specimens collected from the northwestern slope of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The new species is distinguished from all other unstriped congeners by a combination of characters that includes position of tentacles and number of annuli, scale rows, splenial teeth, and vertebrae. The anterior phallodeum morphology is described for the new species. The evolution of large larvae of unstriped Ichthyophis is discussed briefly.
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1 November 2012
A New Unstriped Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Kanto Nishikawa,
Masafumi Matsui,
Paul Yambun
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Current Herpetology
Vol. 31 • No. 2
November 2012
Vol. 31 • No. 2
November 2012
Borneo
Caecilian
Ichthyophis
new species
taxonomy