Ichthyophis davidi

Ichthyophis davidi

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: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species: Ichthyophis davidi

Name

Ichthyophis davidi Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, Kulkarni & Radhakrishnan, 2011

Holotype: Zoological Survey of India, Calicut (ZSI/WGRC/V/A/776), an adult female.

Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC/V/A/792, adult female; ZSI/WGRC/V/A/850 and ZSI A 11327 adult males; Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India (BNHS 5535), adult male.

Type locality: Chorla village (15°39′N, 74°08′E), Khanapur Taluk, Belgaum District, Karnataka, India.

References

• Bhatta G., Dinesh K.P., Prashanth, Kulkarni N., Radhakrishnan C. 2011: A new caecilian Ichthyophis davidi sp. nov. (Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): the largest striped caecilian from the Western Ghats. Current Science, 101: 1015–1019. [1]