Uraeotyphlus oommeni

Uraeotyphlus oommeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Uraeotyphlus
Species:
U. oommeni
Binomial name
Uraeotyphlus oommeni
Gower and Wilkinson [fr], 2007[2]

Uraeotyphlus oommeni, sometimes known as the Oommen's caecilian,[1][3] Oommen's Uraeotyphlus,[2] or Bonnacord caecilian,[4] is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.[3][5] Within Uraeotyphlus, it belongs to the U. malabaricus group showing no obvious external differentiation between primary and higher-order annuli.[2] This species is endemic to the Western Ghats and only known from its type locality, Bonaccord, Thiruvananthapuram district, southern Kerala.[3] Very little is known about this species known only from a single specimen collected from an imprecise location.[1]

  1. ^ a b c David Gower, Mark Wilkinson (2008). "Uraeotyphlus oommeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135990A4223204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135990A4223204.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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