Ichthyophis davidi Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, Kulkarni, and Radhakrishnan, 2011

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Ichthyophiidae > Genus: Ichthyophis > Species: Ichthyophis davidi

Ichthyophis davidi Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, Kulkarni, and Radhakrishnan, 2011, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 101: 1015. Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/V/A776, by original designation. Type locality: "Chorla village (15° 39′ N, 74° 08′ E), Khanapur Taluk, Belgaum District, Karnataka", India.

English Names

Uttaraghat Striped Caecilian (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 16).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of Chorla village, Khanapur Taluk, Belgaum District, Karnataka, India, in the Western Ghats; presumably to be found in adjacent Maharashtra, India. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

 A brief characterization, photograph, and dot map provided by Subramanian, Dinesh, and Radhakrishnan, 2013, Atlas of Endemic Amph. W. Ghats: 180. Sreekumar and Dinesh, 2020, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 120: 33–40, discussed the range in Maharashtra, India, in terms of agro-climatic zones. 

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