Biology:Uraeotyphlus oommeni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
| Genus: | Uraeotyphlus |
| Species: | U. oommeni
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| Uraeotyphlus oommeni | |
Uraeotyphlus oommeni, sometimes known as the Oommen's caecilian,[1][2] Oommen's Uraeotyphlus,[3] or Bonnacord caecilian,[4] is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.[2][5] Within Uraeotyphlus, it belongs to the U. malabaricus group showing no obvious external differentiation between primary and higher-order annuli.[3] This species is endemic to the Western Ghats and only known from its type locality, Bonaccord, Thiruvananthapuram district, southern Kerala.[2] Very little is known about this species known only from a single specimen collected from an imprecise location.[1]
Etymology
The specific name oommeni honours Oommen V. Oommen, professor of zoology at the University of Kerala.[3][6]
Description
The holotype is a mature female measuring 164 mm (6.5 in) in total length and 7 mm (0.3 in) wide at mid-body. There are 207 (left side) and 214 (right side) annuli, without clear external differentiation between primary and higher-order annuli. The body is strongly dorsoventrally compressed. The head is small and pointed. The eyes are clearly visible. The preserved specimen has lilac-brown anterior part of the body, becoming paler towards the head. The darker dorsal colouration grades through lighter brown to cream-tan ventrally.[3]
Habitat and conservation
The precise location where this species was collected on the Bonaccord estate in 1987 is unknown.[1][3] It is probably similar to other members of the genus, which are oviparous, lay terrestrial eggs, and are subterranean as adults. Threats to this species are unknown.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135990/4223204. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Uraeotyphlus oommeni Gower and Wilkinson, 2007". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Ichthyophiidae/Uraeotyphlus/Uraeotyphlus-oommeni.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Gower, David J.; Wilkinson, Mark (2007). "Species groups in the Indian caecilian genus Uraeotyphlus Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Uraeotyphlidae), with the description of a new species". Herpetologica 63 (3): 401–410. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[401:SGITIC2.0.CO;2]. http://bmnh.org/PDFs/DG_07_Herpetologica.pdf.
- ↑ "Uraeotyphlus oommeni Bonnacord Caecilian". Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/7261315/overview. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ↑ "Ichthyophiidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Ichthyophiidae.shtml.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA158.
Wikidata ☰ Q3061125 entry
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