Biology:Indotyphlidae

Short description: Family of amphibians

Indotyphlidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Indotyphlidae Lescure, Renous & Gasc, 1986
Genera
Gegeneophis Grandisonia Hypogeophis Idiocranium Indotyphlus Praslinia Sylvacaecilia

The Indotyphlidae are a family of common caecilians found in Africa, Seychelles and India. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes.

Genera and species

• Genus Gegeneophis
  • Gegeneophis carnosus
  • Gegeneophis danieli
  • Gegeneophis goaensis
  • Gegeneophis krishni
  • Gegeneophis madhavai
  • Gegeniophis mhadeiensis
  • Gegeneophis orientalis
  • Gegeneophis pareshi
  • Gegeneophis primus
  • Gegeneophis ramaswamii
  • Gegeneophis seshachari
  • Gegeneophis tejaswini
• Genus Grandisonia
  • Grandisonia alternans
  • Grandisonia larvata
  • Grandisonia sechellensis
• Genus Hypogeophis
  • Hypogeophis brevis
  • Hypogeophis montanus
  • Hypogeophis pti
  • Hypogeophis rostratus
• Genus Idiocranium
  • Idiocranium russeli
• Genus Indotyphlus
  • Indotyphlus battersbyi
  • Indotyphlus maharashtraensis
• Genus Praslinia
  • Praslinia cooperi
• Genus Sylvacaecilia
  • Sylvacaecilia grandisonae

References

• Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Indotyphlidae". American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Indotyphlidae. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004

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