Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Caecilia oxyura Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 280. Syntypes: Presumably MNHNP; MNHNP 4271 (2 specimens) are syntypes according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 4, as is RMNH 2414. Measurement given in original description for just one specimen, presumably one of the MNHNP specimens. MNHNP 4271A designated lectotype by Lescure, 1988, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 10: 61; this reported as 4271B by Gassó Miracle, van den Hoek Ostende, and Arntzen, 2007, Zootaxa, 1482: 34. Type locality: "Côte du Malabar", India. Biju, 2001, Occas. Publ. Indian Soc. Conserv. Biol., 1: 8, noted the imprecision of this type locality.
Uraeotyphlus oxyurus — Peters, 1880 "1879", Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 933.
English Names
Red Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 26; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 133).
Sharp-nosed Caecilian (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 16).
Dark-brown Caecilian (Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 91).
Pale-throated Caecilian (Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 91).
Sharp-tailed Caecilian (Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 91).
Distribution
Tamil Nadu (Anaimalai and Tinnevelly Hills) and Kerala (Cochin, Wynaad, Malabar coast, and Trichur), India.
Comment
Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 30, and Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 198, provided brief accounts. Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 91, provided an account.
External Links
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
- For images search Arkive, CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
- For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
- for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML
