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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known with certainty only from a single specimen collected in Singapore. Specimens assigned to this species from Peninsular Malaysia need to be re-evaluated.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Singapore
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Population [top]
Population: Its populations status is unknown, and it is known with certainty only from a single specimen, though a few Ichthyophis larvae have been found on Singapore that might refer to this species.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: The type specimen was collected in a rural garden, and adults of this species are generally likely to be subterranean in forest and various degraded habitats. The eggs are probably laid on land, and the larvae presumably develop in stream habitats.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There is no direct information on threats to this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: This species is in need of taxonomic review (Wilkinson pers. comm.).
Citation: Peter Paul van Dijk, Jeet Sukumaran, Norsham Yaakob, Leong Tzi Ming, Mark Wilkinson, David Gower, Alex Kupfer. 2004. Ichthyophis singaporensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59633A11973917. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59633A11973917.en. Downloaded on 03 May 2017.
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