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| status = DD<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2012 |title=''Ichthyophis sendenyu'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T190992A1965696 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T190992A1965696.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| genus = Ichthyophis<br />
| species = sendenyu<br />
| authority = Kamei ''et al.'', 2007<ref name="Authority" /><br />
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'''''Ichthyophis sendenyu''''', the '''Sendenyu striped ichthyophis''', is a species of [[caecilian]] found in India.<ref name="Authority">{{cite journal |last1=Kamei |first1=R. G. |last2=Wilkinson |first2=M. |last3=Gower |first3=D. J. |last4=Biju |first4=S. D. |year=2009 |title=Three new species of striped ''Ichthyophis'' (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from the northeast Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland |journal=Zootaxa |volume=2267 |pages=26–42 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2267.1.2 }}</ref><ref name=Frost/> This species of ''Ichthyophis'' possesses broad and solid lateral yellow stripes from about the level <br />
of the posterior of its disc to its eye level on the upper [[jaw]], while arched yellow stripes extend to its [[Nostril|nare]]s. Its length does not exceed {{convert|350|mm|in}}. Its head is U-shaped and short. Scales are present in anteriormost grooves, with five to eight rows placed posteriorly on its dorsum. It is named after Sendenyu village, [[Nagaland]], where the species was first found.<ref name="Authority" /><br />
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==Description==<br />
This species counts with 112 [[vertebra]]e. The head, nuchal region and trunk are dorsoventrally compressed, with its body's maximal girth being near the midbody. Its tail is upturned towards the tip. The animal's head is short, with a length of about {{convert|23.9|mm|in}}. Its eyes are closer to the top of its head than to its lip, and are surrounded by an asymmetric whitish ring; its eye diameter approximates 0.8mm (its [[lens (anatomy)|lens]] being larger than its [[naris]]). Its nares are slightly posterior to level of the anterior margin of its mouth. Its teeth are very slender and recurved, while its tongue is strongly plicate posteriorly. Its [[Posterior nasal apertures|choanae]] are wide, the distance between them being about three times their <br />
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It possesses seventeen denticulations around its [[cloaca|vent]]. While in preservation, the animal is a dark brown colour, its venter being a paler tinge of grey. Bright yellow lateral stripes (with a varying width of between {{convert|3.1|to|5.1|mm|in}}) extend from about the fourth last [[annulus (zoology)|annulus]] to about the eye level on the lower jaw. It presents a wide gap at the mandible's tip, giving a darker area between its throat's stripes a "mushroom" shape. In life, its dorsum is uniformly bright orange/brown, with a [[ventral|venter]] that is a pale lilac-grey, while its lateral stripe is bright yellow.<ref name="Authority" /><br />
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==Distribution==<br />
This species has only been observed in its type locality, in [[Nagaland]], India.<ref name="Authority" /><ref name=Frost/><br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Ichthyophiidae/Ichthyophis/Ichthyophis-sendenyu |title=''Ichthyophis sendenyu'' Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower, and Biju, 2009 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*Nishikawa, Kanto, Masafumi Matsui, and Nikolai L. Orlov. "A new striped ''Ichthyophis'' (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from Kon Tum Plateau, Vietnam." Current Herpetology 31.1 (2012): 28-37.<br />
*Nishikawa, Kanto, et al. "A new striped ''Ichthyophis'' (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia." Current Herpetology 32.2 (2013): 159-169.<br />
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[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]</div>SadguruCaterer