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title: "Koh Tao Caecilian"
description: "Ichthyophis kohtaoensis — Anfíbios. The Koh Tao Island caecilian (Ichthyophis kohtaoensis) is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/koh-tao-caecilian
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Koh Tao Caecilian

> Ichthyophis kohtaoensis — Anfíbios. The Koh Tao Island caecilian (Ichthyophis kohtaoensis) is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

- Scientific name: *Ichthyophis kohtaoensis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfíbios)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `urban` (Cidades e jardins), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 465
- Wikidata: [Q962881](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962881)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28117](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28117)

## Names

- en: Koh Tao Caecilian
- de: Gelbgestreifte Fischwühle
- fr: Ichtyophis d'Asie du Sud-Est
- nl: Kohtaowormsalamander

## Countries with the most observations

TH (276), CN (64), VN (23), MM (5), KH (4)

## Summary

The Koh Tao Island caecilian (Ichthyophis kohtaoensis) is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Also known as the Ichthyophis bannanicus, the Banna caecilian, it is also found in southern  China.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh_Tao_Island_caecilian

## Photo

![Koh Tao Caecilian](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/koh-tao-caecilian/medium.jpg)

Photo: Min Khant Naing · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142525198

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/koh-tao-caecilian?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).