AmphibiaWeb - Ichthyophis beddomei


Ichthyophis beddomei Peters, 1880 Beddome's Caecilian	family: Ichthyophiidae genus: Ichthyophis
Species Description: Peters, W. 1879. ''Über die Eintheliung der Caecilian und insbesondere über die Gattungen Rhinatrema und Gymnopis.'' Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, p. 924-943.
Etymology: The species was first described by Peters (1879), who named it after Colonel Richard Henry Beddome, a British officer and naturalist in the Indian Forestry Department (Taylor 1968). The name has also been spelled as Ichthyophis beddomii in older literature (e.g., Daniel 2002).

Conservation Status (definitions)

IUCN Red List Status Account	Least Concern (LC)
CITES	No CITES Listing
National Status	None
Regional Status	None
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