Chikila fulleri

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 fulleri

Name

Chikila fulleri (Alcock, 1904)

• Holotype: ZSIC 14759.
• Type locality: “Kuttal, 6 miles south-west of Silchar in Cachar”, Assam, India.

Combinations

• Herpele fulleri Alcock, 1904: 271 [original combination]
• Gegeneophis fulleri — Taylor, 1968: 735 [subsequent combination]
• Chikila fulleri — Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer, Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson & Biju, 2012: 2398 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Alcock, A. 1904. Description and Reflections upon a new species of Apodous Amphibian from India. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7 14: 267–273. BHL Reference page. 
• 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

• 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. 

Links

• Ohler, A., Dutta, S., Gower, D. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. IUCN: Chikila fulleri  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59551A11962498. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59551A11962498.en

Vernacular names

English: Fuller's Chikila