Ichthyophis billitonensis

Ichthyophis billitonensis, the Billiton Island caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae endemic to the Belitung island, Indonesia.^[3] It was rediscovered in 2022 from Gunung Tajam, Belitung, after not having been recorded since the original description of the species in 1965.^[4] This appears to be a small species, measuring 135 mm (5.3 in) in total length.^[2] Habitat requirements are unknown but it probably inhabits moist lowland forests. It may be threatened by habitat loss caused by opencast tin mining.^[1]

Ichthyophis billitonensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Ichthyophiidae
Genus:	Ichthyophis
Species:	I. billitonensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965[2]
Billiton Island caecilian range

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Ichthyophis billitonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T59613A95758438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T59613A95758438.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Taylor, E. H. (1965). "New Asiatic and African caecilians with redescriptions of certain other species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 46: 253–302. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20077.
3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
4. Kusumah, Wanda; Hasan, Veryl; Samitra, Dian (2023). "Rediscovery of the Billiton Caecilian, Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965, on Belitung Island, Indonesia, after more than five decades". Herpetology Notes. 16: 95–97.