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Javan caecilian

Ichthyophis javanicus Taylor, 1960

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The javan caecilian (Ichthyophis javanicus) is a species in the family Ichthyophiidae, order Gymnophiona. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

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Quick facts about the javan caecilian

Weight
Not recorded
Length
up to 21 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
arthropodssrc for Main food
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the javan caecilian live?

Not recorded

What is the javan caecilian?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Javan caecilian (Ichthyophis javanicus) is a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

From the Wikipedia article “Javan caecilian” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Javan_caecilian&oldid=1376698597), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the javan caecilian endangered?

The javan caecilian is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.

How is the javan caecilian classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAmphibia
  4. orderGymnophiona
  5. familyIchthyophiidae
  6. genusIchthyophis
  7. SpeciesIchthyophis javanicus Taylor, 1960
Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Java caecilianEnglish
  • Java caecilianEnglish
  • červor jávskýCzech
  • Sesilia jawaIndonesian
  • Яванский рыбозмейRussian
  • 爪哇魚螈Chinese

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Relatives of the javan caecilian

Other species in the same genus Ichthyophis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the javan caecilian endangered?

The javan caecilian is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

What does the javan caecilian eat?

Its recorded main food is arthropods.

What kind of animal is the javan caecilian?

The javan caecilian (Ichthyophis javanicus) belongs to the family Ichthyophiidae in the order Gymnophiona.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

  • AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
    Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5
  • Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
    Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
  • Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
  • Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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BibTeX
@misc{ichthyophis_javanicus_2026,
  title = {Javan caecilian (Ichthyophis javanicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ichthyophis-javanicus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}