Uraeotyphlus malabaricus

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: Uraeotyphlus
Species: Uraeotyphlus malabaricus

Name

Uraeotyphlus malabaricus (Beddome, 1870)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5.16 (formerly 1874.4.29.181), collected by R.H. Beddome.
• Type locality: “Malabar”, India.

Combinations

• Cecilia [sic] malabarica Beddome, 1870: 176 [original combination]
• Uraeotyphlus malabaricus — Peters, 1880: 933 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1870. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 2: 169–176. Reference page. 
• Peters, W.C.H. 1880. Über die Eintheilung der Caecilien und insbesondere über die Gattungen Rhinatrema und Gymnopis. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1879: 924–945. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ravichandran, M.S., Dutta, S., Bhatta, G., Gower, D., Wilkinson, M., Oommen, V. 2004. IUCN: Uraeotyphlus malabaricus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59655A11976612. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59655A11976612.en. Accessed on 18 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Malabar Caecilian