Indotyphlus maharashtraensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Caeciliinae
Genus: Indotyphlus
Species: Indotyphlus maharashtraensis

Name

Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Giri, Wilkinson & Gower, 2003

Type locality: "near Dhanagarwada, Humbarli village, near Koyna, Satara District, Maharashtra, India... on a plateau ... under a rock in an open patch of grass surrounded by semievergreen forest. The locality is situated in the Western Ghats at approximately 1042 m above sea level".

Holotype: BNHM 4217.

References

Giri, Wilkinson & Gower, 2003, Zootaxa, 351: 2.
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Indotyphlus maharashtraensis
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Indotyphlus maharashtraensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Indotyphlus maharashtraensis (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 12 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Maharashtra Caecilian

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