Bombay caecilian
| Bombay caecilian | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyophis |
| Species: | I. bombayensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophis bombayensis Taylor, 1960 | |
The Bombay caecilian (Ichthyophis bombayensis) is an amphibian found in India. This rather large species is found in the northern Western Ghats. The eyes are distinct and surrounded by a light ring. The tentacle is placed closer to the lip than the eye. A dark brown or greyish-brown species, it has no lateral stripes.[1]
The three names below are presently considered to be junior synonyms of I. bombayensis, as it was recently shown that all the unstriped, long-tailed Ichthyophis from the Western Ghats showed little genetic variation.[2]
- I. malabarensis – southern Western Ghats, known with certainty only from the type locality
- I. peninsularis – known only from the type specimen, exact locality not known
- I. subterrestris – known only from the type specimen, from Western Ghats south of Palghat Gap (Cochin and Travancore areas)
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- ↑ Bhatta, Gopalakrishna (March 1998). "A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Biosciences 23: 73–85. doi:10.1007/BF02728526.
- ↑ Gower, D. J.; M. Dharne, G. Bhatta, V. Giri, R. Vyas, V. Govindappa, O. V. Oommen, J. George, Y. Shouche & M. Wilkinson (21 March 2007). "Remarkable genetic homogeneity in unstriped, long-tailed Ichthyophis along 1500 km of the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Zoology 272 (3): 266–275. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00266.x.