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Ichthyophis davidi
Caecilians
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Ichthyophis davidi
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Chorla village, on the borders of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka, Mhadei region
Ichthyophis davidi, the Chorla giant striped caecilian, is a newly described caecilian discovered at Chorla, a village on the borders of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka in the Mhadei region. It is one of the largest known limbless, yellow-striped caecilians of the Western Ghats (Wikipedia, general species account).
The discovery was made by Gopalakrishna Bhatta, K. Radhakrishnan, P. Prashanth and Nirmal Kulkarni. The cached account gives no description of the animal itself (Wikipedia, general species account).
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- Where is the Ichthyophis davidi found?
- Chorla village, on the borders of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka, Mhadei region