Gansi caecilian

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

Uraeotyphlus gansi 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 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2011). "Uraeotyphlus gansi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T173194A6972778. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T173194A6972778.en. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  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, September 05, 2008
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