Ichthyophis bombayensis

Taxobox
name = Ichthyophis bombayensis


status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Gymnophiona
familia = Ichthyophiidae
genus = "Ichthyophis"
species = "I. bombayensis"
binomial = "Ichthyophis bombayensis"
binomial_authority = Taylor, 1960 "Ichthyophis bombayensis" (Taylor, 1960), the Bombay caecilian, is a type of worm-like amphibian found in India.

This is a rather large species found in Northern Western Ghats. The eyes are distinct and surrounded by a light ring. The tentacle is placed closer to the lip and the eye. A dark brown or greyish brown species with no lateral stripes.

The following three are presently considered to be junior synonyms of "Ichthyophis bombayensis" as it was recently shown that all the unstriped long-tailed Ichthyophis from Western Ghats showed little genetic variation(Gower et al., 2007).

"Ichthyophis malabarensis" Southern Western Ghats. Known with certainty only from the type locality."Ichthyophis peninsularis" Known only from the type specimen, exact locality not known."Ichthyophis subterrestris" Known only from type specimen, from Western Ghats south of Palghat gap (Cochin and Travancore areas)

References

* D. J. Gower, M. Dharne, G. Bhatta, V. Giri, R. Vyas, V. Govindappa, O. V. Oommen, J. George, Y. Shouche & M. Wilkinson, 2007. Remarkable genetic homogeneity in unstriped, long-tailed Ichthyophis along 1500km of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Zoology 272:266–275

* G. Bhatta, 1998. A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Biosciences Vol. 23 (1): 73-85