Uraeotyphlus oommeni

Taxobox
name = "Uraeotyphlus oommeni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Gymnophiona
familia = Uraeotyphlidae
genus = "Uraeotyphlus"
species = "U. oommeni"
binomial = "Uraeotyphlus oommeni"
binomial_authority = Gower & Wilkinson, 2007

"Uraeotyphlus oommeni" Gower & Wilkinson, 2007 A new species of "Uraeotyphlus", described on the basis of a single, distinctive specimen from the Western Ghats of southern Kerala, India. This species is most similar to "U. malabaricus" (Beddome) in that it lacks a clear differentiation between primary annuli and their higher-order (secondary or tertiary) subdivision. The pattern of annulation among species of "Uraeotyphlus" falls into two clear types based on the differentiation of primary and higher-order annuli, and the number of annular divisions per vertebra and whether this varies along the body. This difference is reflected in the recognition of oxyurus-group ("U. interruptus, U. menoni, U. narayani, U. oxyurus") and malabaricus-group ("U. malabaricus" and "U. oommeni") species within "Uraeotyphlus".

References

Gower, David J. and Mark Wilkinson, 2007. Species groups in the Indian Caecilian genus "Uraeotyphlus" Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Uraeotyphlidae), with the description of a new species. Herpetologica 63(3):401-410