Three new caecilians in the Ichthyophis genus were recently discovered in north-east Indoa. Photo courtesy of The Hindi Newspaper.
In October, a team of researchers led by Associate Professor S.D. Biju from Delhi University, discovered three new caecilian species in Manipur and Nagaland in north-east India. The latest finds increases the number of caecilian species inthe region to nine.
The new species were reported in Zootaxa 2267: 26-42 (19 Oct. 2009) – See Kamei, Rachunliu G. (India), Wilkinson, Mark (UK), Gower, David J. (UK) & Biju, S. D. (India). Three new species of striped Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from the northeast Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland.
An abtract from the article can be found on the Zootaxa web site.
March 19, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Exciting discoveries. I had once caught a specimen in Arunachal which I had initially thought was a Typhlops species, which I think was a caecilian. Unfortunately, I released it after taking some images (not very clear or useful for IDing). Found it near a stream in wet mud, was very slippery and active. Would be happy the images share with you.