Biology:Fuller's caecilian

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Fuller's caecilian
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Kamei et al. (2012)[1]
Species:
C. fulleri
Binomial name
Chikila fulleri
(Alcock, 1904)
Synonyms

Fuller's caecilian (also Kuttal caecilian), Chikila fulleri, is a species of caecilian endemic to India ; the type specimen was collected six miles southwest of Silchar in Cachar, Assam, at an altitude of about 100 m above sea level.[2] In 2012 it was reassigned to a newly erected family, Chikilidae.[1] It is known only from northeast India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura), although it is expected to be found also in nearby Bangladesh and Myanmar.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kamei, R. G.; Mauro, D. S.; Gower, D. J.; Van Bocxlaer, I.; Sherratt, E.; Thomas, A.; Babu, S.; Bossuyt, F. et al. (2012-02-22). "Discovery of a new family of amphibians from northeast India with ancient links to Africa". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1737): 2396–2401. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.0150. ISSN 0962-8452. PMID 22357266. 
  2. http://eol.org/pages/1019464/overview
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Chikila fulleri (Alcock, 1904)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Chikila+fulleri. Retrieved 28 August 2013. 

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