- Uraeotyphlus gansi
Taxobox
name = "Uraeotyphlus gansi"
status = DD
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Gymnophiona
familia =Ichthyophiidae
genus = "Uraeotyphlus "
species = "U. gansi"
binomial = "Uraeotyphlus gansi"
binomial_authority = "Uraeotyphlus gani" is aspecies ofcaecilian , endemic to theWestern Ghats ofIndia . It has been discovered in the Kaakkaachi-Naalumukku area of theKalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Uraeotyphlus gansi has been named afterCarl Gans , a renowned herpetologist ofTexas [ [http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/05/stories/2008090552640500.htm] ]
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