The Upper Laos caecilian (''Ichthyophis laosensis'') is a species of

amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

in the family Ichthyophiidae. It is endemic to

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

and only known from a single specimen ( holotype) collected from the imprecise type locality, "Upper Laos". Presumably a tropical moist forest species, nothing definite is known about its habitat or ecology.

References

Ichthyophis Amphibians of Laos Endemic fauna of Laos Amphibians described in 1969 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{caecilian-stub