''Ichthyophis orthoplicatus'', also known as the Pattipola caecilian or brown caecilian, is a species of caecilian endemic to

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It is found in a range of natural and man-made habitats including evergreen forests, rubber and tea plantations, paddy fields, rural gardens and farms, wetlands (boggy areas), and cattle pastureland. The holotype was estimated to have measured about in total length.

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orthoplicatus Amphibians of Sri Lanka Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka Amphibians described in 1965 Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor {{caecilian-stub