AmphibiaWeb - Ichthyophis davidi


Ichthyophis davidi Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, Kulkarni & Radhakrishnan, 2011 Chorla Giant Striped Caecilian	family: Ichthyophiidae genus: Ichthyophis
Species Description: Bhatta G, Dinesh KP, Prashanth, Kulkarni N, Radhakrishnan C 2011 A new caecilian Ichthyophis davidi sp. nov. (Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae):the largest striped caecilian from the Western Ghats. Current Science 101: 1015-1019.
Etymology: Ichthyophis davidi was named after David Gower of the Department of Zoology, the Natural History Museum, London, for his contributions to the study of caecilians in India (Bhatta et al. 2011).

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