Bombay caecilian

Bombay caecilian
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]

References

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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