Chikila darlong

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Chikilidae
Genus: Chikila
Species: Chikila darlong

Name

Chikila darlong Kamei, Gower, Wilkinson & Biju, 2013: 409

• Holotype: ZSI A11546, ♀, collected by R.G. Kamei and S.D. Biju on 7 July 2008.
• Type locality: “Darlong (26.93722 N, 92.99611 E; 121 m asl), Seijosa, East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Darlong Chikila