Bombay caecilian
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Ichthyophis bombayensis

The Bombay caecilian (Ichthyophis bombayensis ) is an amphibian found in India. 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.

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The three names below are presently considered to be junior synonyms of I. bombayensis, as it was recently shown that all the unstriped, long-tailed Ichthyophis from the Western Ghats showed little genetic variation.

  • I. malabarensis – southern Western Ghats, known with certainty only from the type locality
  • I. peninsularis – known only from the type specimen, exact locality not known
  • I. subterrestris – known only from the type specimen, from Western Ghats south of Palghat Gap ( Cochin and Travancore areas)

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References

1. Bombay caecilian Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_caecilian
2. Bombay caecilian on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59614/11968739

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