Biology:Uraeotyphlus gansi

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Uraeotyphlus gansi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Uraeotyphlus
Species:
U. gansi
Binomial name
Uraeotyphlus gansi
Gower, Rajendran, Nussbaum & Wilkinson, 2008[2]

Uraeotyphlus gansi, the Gansi caecilian, is a rare species of caecilian, endemic to the Western Ghats of India . It was discovered in the Kaakkaachi-Naalumukku area of the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve.[1] U. gansi was named after Carl Gans (1923–2009), a renowned herpetologist from Texas .

According to Albert Rajendran, Research Department of Zoology, St. John's College, Palayamkottai, Rajendran spotted the species, along with his collaborator David J. Gower of the Natural History Museum, London, and two other experts in caecilians. He came across this limbless amphibian in the Kaakkaachi-Naalumukku areas during his study of the burrowing uropeltid (shield-tailed) snakes of the Western Ghats.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2011). "Uraeotyphlus gansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T173194A6972778. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T173194A6972778.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/173194/6972778. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Gower, D. J.; Rajendran, A.; Nussbaum, R. A.; Wilkinson, M. (2008). "A new species of Uraeotyphlus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Uraeotyphlidae) of the Malabaricus group". Herpetologica 64 (2): 235–245. doi:10.1655/07-075R1.1. 
  3. "Limbless frog-relative species found". The Hindu. 5 September 2008. https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Limbless-frog-relative-species-found/article15296991.ece. 

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