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Ichthyophis multicolor

Ichthyophis multicolor is a species of caecilians endemic to Burma. It is only known from its type locality in the Ayeyarwady Region. A unique characteristic of this species is that it is the only Ichthyophis species besides I. tricolor that has a pale vent, as well as an adjacent darker stripe running lengthwise down the vent's sides.

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Ichthyophis multicolor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:
I. multicolor
Binomial name
Ichthyophis multicolor
Wilkinson et al., 20141

Ichthyophis multicolor is a species of caecilians endemic to Burma.2 It is only known from its type locality in the Ayeyarwady Region.3 A unique characteristic of this species is that it is the only Ichthyophis species besides I. tricolor that has a pale vent, as well as an adjacent darker stripe running lengthwise down the vent's sides.4

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  1. Wilkinson, Mark; Presswell, Bronwen; Sherratt, Emma; Papadopoulou, Anna; Gower, David J. (2 April 2014). "A new species of striped Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Icthyophiidac) from Myanmar" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3785 (1). Magnolia Press: 45–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.4. PMID 24872170. S2CID 15449044. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. Samantha Michaels (April 23, 2014). "New Species Related to 'Penis Snake' Discovered in Burma". The Irrawaddy Magazine.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ichthyophis multicolor Wilkinson, Presswell, Sherratt, Papdopoulou, and Gower, 2014". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. Lau, Gordon. (2014). "Ichthyophis fact Lau, 2014". Ichthyophis multicolor. AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 16 March 2018.