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Bombay caecilian

Bombay caecilian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Ichthyophiidae
Genus:	Ichthyophis
Species:	I. bombayensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis bombayensis Taylor, 1960
Synonyms[1]
Ichthyophis malabarensis Taylor, 1960 Ichthyophis peninsularis Taylor, 1960 Ichthyophis subterrestris Taylor, 1960

The Bombay caecilian (Ichthyophis bombayensis) is an amphibian found in India.^[1] This rather large species is found in the northern Western Ghats. The eyes are distinct and surrounded by a light ring. The tentacle is placed closer to the lip than the eye. A dark brown or greyish-brown species, it has no lateral stripes.^[2]

The three names below are presently considered to be junior synonyms of I. bombayensis,^[1] as it was recently shown that all the unstriped, long-tailed Ichthyophis from the Western Ghats showed little genetic variation.^[3]

• I. malabarensis – southern Western Ghats, known with certainty only from the type locality
• I. peninsularis – known only from the type specimen, exact locality not known
• I. subterrestris – known only from the type specimen, from Western Ghats south of Palghat Gap (Cochin and Travancore areas)

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