Indotyphlus maharashtraensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Giri, Wilkinson & Gower, 2004: 2

Holotype: BNHS 4217, ♀, collected by Varad Giri, Sameer Kehimkar, Ishan Agarwal and Vithoba Hegade on 19 June 2003.
Type locality: “near Dhanagarwada, Humbarli village, near Koyna, Satara District, Maharashtra, India...on a plateau, under a rock in an open patch of grass surrounded by semievergreen forest. The locality is situated in the Western Ghats at approximately 1042 m above sea level”.

Giri, V., Wilkinson, M. & Gower, D.J. 2004. A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 739(1): 1–9. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.739.1.1 Reference page.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. IUCN: Indotyphlus maharashtraensis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T61923A166112461. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T61923A166112461.en. Accessed on 13 October 2025.