Chikila
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chikilidae
Genus: Chikila
Species (4):
C. alcocki –
C. darlong –
C. fulleri –
C. gaiduwani
Name
[edit]Chikila Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer, Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson & Biju 2012: 2398
- Type species: Herpele fulleri Alcock, 1904, original designation and monotypy.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Kamei, R.G., San Mauro, D., Gower, D.J., Van Bocxlaer, I., Sherratt, E., Thomas, A., Babu, S., Bossuyt, F., Wilkinson, M. & Biju, S.D. 2012. Discovery of a new family of amphibians from northeast India with ancient links to Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279(1737): 2396–2401. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0150 Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Kamei, R.G., Gower, D.J., Wilkinson, M. & Biju, S.D. 2013. Systematics of the caecilian family Chikilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with the description of three new species of Chikila from northeast India. Zootaxa 3666(4): 401–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.1 Reference page.
- Kamei, K.G. 2017. An overview of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) of North East India. pp. 49–72 in Das, A. (ed.). Diversity and Ecology of Amphibians of India. ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife & Protected Areas. Volume 19. Wildlife Institute of India: Hehradun, India.
Links
[edit]- Frost, D.R. 2021. Chikila. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (27 July 2021). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001