Global InformationIchthyophis sendenyu information
| Ichthyophis sendenyu | |
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Conservation status
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 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. sendenyu
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| Ichthyophis sendenyu Kamei et al., 2007[2]
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Ichthyophis sendenyu, the Sendenyu striped ichthyophis, is a species of caecilian found in India.[2][3] This species of Ichthyophis possesses broad and solid lateral yellow stripes from about the level of the posterior of its disc to its eye level on the upper jaw, while arched yellow stripes extend to its nares. Its length does not exceed 350 millimetres (14 in). Its head is U-shaped and short. Scales are present in anteriormost grooves, with five to eight rows placed posteriorly on its dorsum. It is named after Sendenyu village, Nagaland, where the species was first found.[2]
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2012). "Ichthyophis sendenyu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190992A1965696. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T190992A1965696.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Kamei, R. G.; Wilkinson, M.; Gower, D. J.; Biju, S. D. (2009). "Three new species of striped Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from the northeast Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland". Zootaxa. 2267: 26–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2267.1.2.
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