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.
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