Chikila gaiduwani

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: Chikilidae
Genus: Chikila
Species: Chikila gaiduwani

Name

Chikila gaiduwani Kamei, Gower, Wilkinson & Biju, 2013: 425

• Holotype: ZSI A11543, ♀, collected by R.G. Kamei and S.D. Biju on 12 June 2009.
• Type locality: “Teobronggre (Theobongiri) Coffee Garden (25.61750 N, 90.23639 E; 519 m asl), Teobronggre, Tura, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, India”.

References

Primary references

• Kamei, R.G., Gower, D.J., Wilkinson, M. & Biju, S.D. 2013. Systematics of the caecilian family Chikilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with the description of three new species of Chikila from northeast India. Zootaxa 3666(4): 401–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Gaiduwan’s Chikila