Bombay caecilian | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
Genus: | Ichthyophis |
Species: | I. bombayensis
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Binomial name | |
Ichthyophis bombayensis
Taylor, 1960
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Bombay caecilian (Ichthyophis bombayensis) is an amphibian found in India. [1] This rather large species is found in the northern Western Ghats. The eyes are distinct and surrounded by a light ring. The tentacle is placed closer to the lip than the eye. A dark brown or greyish-brown species, it has no lateral stripes. [2]
The three names below are presently considered to be junior synonyms of I. bombayensis, [1] as it was recently shown that all the unstriped, long-tailed Ichthyophis from the Western Ghats showed little genetic variation. [3]
Bombay caecilian | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
Genus: | Ichthyophis |
Species: | I. bombayensis
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Binomial name | |
Ichthyophis bombayensis
Taylor, 1960
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Bombay caecilian (Ichthyophis bombayensis) is an amphibian found in India. [1] This rather large species is found in the northern Western Ghats. The eyes are distinct and surrounded by a light ring. The tentacle is placed closer to the lip than the eye. A dark brown or greyish-brown species, it has no lateral stripes. [2]
The three names below are presently considered to be junior synonyms of I. bombayensis, [1] as it was recently shown that all the unstriped, long-tailed Ichthyophis from the Western Ghats showed little genetic variation. [3]