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  Contemporary Herpetology Information Series: 1998 (1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Eggs: Dissecting the abdominal cavity of Ichthyophis bannanica KIZ74001, we found 62 eggs, milk yellow, almost round in shape, the diameter of eggs varying from 6.3 - 7.4 x 6.4 - 7.75 mm, not yet entering the fallopian tube.
In life, both dorsal and ventral surfaces have a brown base color, but it is dark brown on dorsum and light brown on ventral areas.
Ichthyophis glutinosus Yang et Su, Acta Zoologica Sinica.
www.cnah.org /ch/chis/1998/1   (765 words)

  
 Recent Caecilian Publications
Dünker, N. Colocalization of serotonin and GABA in retinal neurons of Ichthyophis kohtaoensis (Amphibia; Gymnophiona).
Dünker, N. A double-label analysis demonstrating the partial coexistence of tyrosine hydroxylase and GABA in retinal neurons of Ichthyophis kohtaoensis (Amphibia; Gymnophiona).
Dünker, N. A double-label analysis demonstrating the partial coexistence of tyrosine hydroxylase and GABA in retinal neurons of Ichthyophis kohtaoensis(Amphibia; Gymnophiona).
www.bio.miami.edu /oreilly/tentaculata/recpub.html   (2759 words)

  
 Government Museum Chennai
The diapophysis of the sacral vertebrae are prominently dilated.
The specimen Ichthyophis subterrestris is more or less uniformly dark brownish and somewhat shrunken.
It measures 215 mm in length and 12 mm in diameter in the middle of the body.
www.chennaimuseum.org /draft/gallery/06/11/amph2.htm   (265 words)

  
 Histological and histochemical observations on the neurosecretory cells in the diencephalon of Chthonerpeton ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Histological and histochemical observations on the neurosecretory cells in the diencephalon of Chthonerpeton indistinctum and Ichthyophis paucisulcus (Gymnophiona, Amphibia).
Histological and histochemical observations on the neurosecretory cells in the diencephalon of Chthonerpeton indistinctum and Ichthyophis paucisulcus (Gymnophiona, Amphibia).The AChE also marks the tractus praeoptico-hypophyseus.
In the diencephalon of two species of Gymnophiona (Amphibia) two neurosecretory nuclei were examined with histological (Alcian Blue, Aldehyde Fuchsin, Brookes Trichrome stain) and enzyme histochemical techniques (acid phosphatase, alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase, acetylcholinesterase (AChE)).
www.pdg.cnb.uam.es /UniPub/iHOP/gp/2528864.html   (221 words)

  
 Caecilian Ecology | Gymnophiona.org
Coral snakes in particular have been known to regurgitate caecilians when captured and so are presumed to be one of the main natural predators.
The red-tailed pipe snake has been seen eating an Ichthyophis species and a Scolecomorphus kirkii has been found in the gut of a burrowing asp.
Caecilian Amphibian, genus Ichthyophis (Fitzinger 1826), by the Red-tailed Pipe-
www.gymnophiona.org /ecology   (555 words)

  
 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Ichthyophis mindanaoensis
The adults and larvae have also been found in mud in recently cleared agricultural fields at forest edge.
Logging, habitat conversion to agriculture, and pollution of streams and rivers from mining and agricultural effluents have been suggested as threats, but the limited information available suggests that, like other species of Ichthyophis, it is adaptable, and might not be significantly threatened, except in local situations.
Taylor, E.H. On the caecilian species Ichthophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis monochrous, with descriptions of related species.
www.iucnredlist.org /search/details.php/25390/all   (584 words)

  
 Ichthyophis kohtaoensis (Taylor, 1960) Koa Tao Island Caecilian (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Ichthyophis kohtaoensis (Taylor, 1960) Koa Tao Island Caecilian (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)
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Ichthyophis kohtaoensis (Taylor, 1960) Koa Tao Island Caecilian
www.amphibiainfo.com.cob-web.org:8888 /gallery/gymnophiona/ichthyophiidae/ichthyophis/kohtaoensis   (134 words)

  
 Amphibian Species of the World - Ichthyophis monochrous (Bleeker, 1858)
Ichthyophis (Epicrium) monochrous — Bourret, 1927, Fauna Indochine, Vert., 3: 252.
The name Ichthyophis monochrous has been misapplied frequently to other species according to Taylor, 1968, Caecilians of the World: 115.
Indian Amph.: 207-208, provided a brief account for animals referred to this species from southern India (this geographic anomaly needs further investigation---DRF).
research.amnh.org /herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=28523   (186 words)

  
 Kingsnake.com - Herpforum - RE: Caecilians
I manage live animal collections at a university.
Among other neat critters, we have one Typhlonectes natans, 2 Dermophis mexicanus, and 6 Ichthyophis kohtaoensis (on the way this week).
I have been able to read about Ichthyophis care from a German breeder, but I haven't found much for Dermophis care.
forums.kingsnake.com /view.php?id=1866,13129   (353 words)

  
 Amazon.com: On the Caecilian species Ichthyophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis monochrous, with description of related ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Amazon.com: On the Caecilian species Ichthyophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis monochrous, with description of related species (University of Kansas science bulletin): Books: Edward Harrison Taylor
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On the Caecilian species Ichthyophis glutinosus and Ichthyophis monochrous, with description of related species (University of Kansas science bulletin) (Unknown Binding)
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 Faculty >> Dominique Crapon de Caprona, Ph.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
16.  Crapon de Caprona, M.-D. and Himstedt, W. (1985) Das aquatische Verhalten der Blindwühle Ichthyophis kohtaoensis, Taylor 1969 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) Salamadra 21:192-196.
19.  Fritzsch, B. Wahnschaffe, U., Crapon de Caprona, M.-D. and Himstedt, W. (1985) Anatomical evidence for electroreception in larval Ichthyophis kohtaoensis.
20.  Fritzsch, B., Himstedt, W. and Crapon de Caprona, M.-D. (1985) The visual projections of larval Ichthyophis kohtaoensis (Amphibia:Gymnophiona).
www.biomedsci.creighton.edu /faculty/caprona.html   (1005 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Anatomisches Anzeiger": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The gymnophione quadrate and its processes with special reference to the processus ascendens in a juvenile Ichthyophis glutinosus.
de Jager, E. Some points in the development of the stages of the Ichthyophis...
Key Phrases in this book: Developmental Biology, New York, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Zoology, Academic Press, Journal of Experimental Zoology, posterior mandible length, rendus hedbomadaires, angular process length, anterior mandible length, head somitomeres, cranial remodeling (See more)
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 MavicaNET - Asian Caecilian (Ichthyophis)
Katalog / Natur / Leben / Tiere (Animalia) / Amphibien (Amphibia) / Blindwühlen (Gymnophiona) / Ichthyophiidae / Asian Caecilian (Ichthyophis)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Ichthyophis mindanaoensis
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Ichthyophis glandulosus
www.mavicanet.com /lite/deu/33446.html   (71 words)

  
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(PLATE 2A) Ichthyophis bannanica D.-T. Yang, 1984, Acta Herpetol.
Key Phrases in this book: Hong Kong, Acta Herpetol, New York, Er-mi Zhao, Nei Mongol, Taiwan Prov, Yunnan Prov, Hainan Island, Acta Zool, Asiatic Soc, South China, Sichuan Prov (See more)
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 Herpbreeder.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hyla ebraccata by Hugo Claessen, Trachemys scripta by Harald Holler,
Plethodon cinereus by John White, Ichthyophis bannanicus by Nikolai Orlov,
Amphisbaena cegei by Dirk Embert, Alligator mississippiensis by John White
www.herpbreeder.com.cob-web.org:8888 /mainframe.htm   (141 words)

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