Indotyphlus maharashtraensis
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| Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003 |
Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Giri et al. 2004
This species was recently (2004) discovered and described by scientists of Bombay Natural History Society and The natural History Museum, London. It is the second only species of Indotyphlus known to science and was discovered from Koyna, Satara district, Maharashtra.
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VARAD GIRI, DAVID J. GOWER & MARK WILKINSON A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 739: 1–19 (2004)
