Indotyphlus battersbyi

Taxobox
name = Battersby's caecilian
status = DD
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Gymnophiona
familia = Caeciliidae
genus = "Indotyphlus"
species = "I. battersbyi"
binomial = "Indotyphlus battersbyi"
binomial_authority = Taylor, 1960

Battersby's caecilian ("Indotyphlus battersbyi") is a slender species of caecilian with a flesh coloured body, making it look very much like a large earth worm. Eyes are concealed under the skin and are feebly visible. It is also known as the tailless caecilian as the body ends in a blunt shield. The vent in this species is transverse as opposed to longitudinal in most other species of Indian caecilians. It is distributed in northern Western Ghats in Maharashtra, although there is a report of this species from Kerala.

References

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