Ichthyophis sikkimensis

Ichthyophis sikkimensis, the Sikkimese caecilian or Darjeeling caecilian, is a species of caecilian found in India (Sikkim and West Bengal), Nepal and possibly Bhutan. It was described by Edward Harrison Taylor in 1960.[1]

Ichthyophis sikkimensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:
I. sikkimensis
Binomial name
Ichthyophis sikkimensis
Taylor, 1960
Sikkimese caecilian range

References

  1. Edward H. Taylor (1960). "On the Caecilian Species Ichthyophis glutinosus and Ichthtjophis inonochroiis, with Description of Related Species". Vol. 40, no. 4. pp. 37–130. ref. on page 91-95.


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