A new species of Indian striped Ichthyophis is described on the basis of six specimens from near the Western Ghats town of Madikeri, southern Karnataka (where it is sympatric with its congener I. beddomei), plus a seventh specimen of less certain provenance. The new species is distinguished from all other striped Ichthyophis by its combination of color, numbers of annuli and teeth, position of tentacular aperture, and the distribution and numbers of scale rows. A dichotomous key is provided to separate the four striped species of Ichthyophis of the Western Ghats.
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1 December 2007
A NEW SPECIES OF ICHTHYOPHIS (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA: ICHTHYOPHIIDAE) FROM KARNATAKA, INDIA
Mark Wilkinson,
David J. Gower,
Venu Govindappa,
G. Venkatachalaiah
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Herpetologica
Vol. 63 • No. 4
December 2007
Vol. 63 • No. 4
December 2007
Caecilians
herpetology
South Asia
systematics
Western Ghats