Uraeotyphlus gansi
Appearance
Uraeotyphlus gansi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Ichthyophiidae |
Genus: | Uraeotyphlus |
Species: | U. gansi
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Binomial name | |
Uraeotyphlus gansi |
Uraeotyphlus gansi, the Gansi caecilian, is a rare
herpetologist from Texas
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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
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- S2CID 86196954.
- ^ "Limbless frog-relative species found". The Hindu. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2020.