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Abstract
In late July 2010, three clutches of eggs of the caecilian amphibian Ichthyophis bannanicus (Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) were found in the field in the suburbs of Beiliu City, south-east Guangxi Province, South China. This is the first observation of eggs, guarding and characteristics of oviposition sites in the field for this species. Ichthyophis bannanicus is oviparous and there is no post-hatching parental care. The terrestrial oviposition sites were located in underground chambers close to small streams or rice fields. Nest chambers were connected to the surface by two small openings. Clutches contained 24–68 eggs, and were each associated with one or two adult females.
Acknowledgements
Many people contributed to field work, we are especially grateful to Jianda Li, Jianru Feng, Jianbing Zhou, Haixiang Wei, Yanbo Qin, Xiaodan Li and Fenghua Zhong. We acknowledge financial support from Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi (No. 2011GXNSFA018107), Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, China (No.1002K004), Technology Innovation Capability Construction Projection of Yulin City, Guangxi (No. 11043002), and Special Foundation for Young Scientists ([2008]02) of Guangdong Province Academy of Science.