Sikkimese caecilian

Sikkimese caecilian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: I. sikkimensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis sikkimensis
Taylor, 1960
Sikkimese caecilian range

The Sikkimese caecilian, Ichthyophis sikkimensis, is a species of caecilian found in India (Sikkim and West Bengal), Nepal and possibly Bhutan. It was described by Edward Harrison Taylor in 1960.[1]

References

  1. Edward H. Taylor (1960). "On the Caecilian Species Ichthyophis glutinosus and Ichthtjophis inonochroiis, with Description of Related Species" 40 (4). pp. 37–130. ref. on page 91-95.
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