Species Profile
Ichthyophis
Caecilian
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Ichthyophis lives in moist soil.
Carnivorous and fossorial.
Rarely seen amphibian.
Size & Structure
01
Long cylindrical body
02
Ring-like annuli
03
No limbs
04
Reduced eyes
Ichthyophis — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, incomplete double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary and cutaneous
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Soil aeration
Predator of soil invertebrates
Underground ecosystem role
Economic Importance
Biodiversity importance
Educational relevance
Evolutionary studies