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Caecilians (Gymnophiona) are commonly known as limbless amphibians and are the least understood vertebrate order. In this paper, we documented skin color, eye, jaw, snout, tentacular aperture and cloacal anomalies in 12 individuals of four species belonging to
the three caecilian genera Ichthyophis, Uraeotyphlus and Gegeneophis collected from hots...
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... Western Ghats and parts of Northeast India are inhabited by 40 species, with one species, Gegeneophis orientalis being endemic to the Eastern Ghats(Agarwal et al. 2013). The more abundant Ichthyophis beddomei, Uraeotyphlus narayani and Gegeneophis ramaswamii(Venu et al. 2021 submitted) distributed in the Western Ghats, one of the globally recognized hotspots of biodiversity(Myers et al. 2005). ...
The book on ex-situ management of amphibians in Indian zoos is a step to support the Indian zoo community in their efforts to house amphibians and streamline their husbandry protocols based on their local conditions.
Of the amphibian orders, the Gymnophiona (caecilians) have the smallest number of species and are the least known. We report new information on the morphology, biology, range, and distribution of Ichthyophis kodaguensis, a striped ichthyophiid caecilian from the Western Ghats, India, that shows the first evidence of possible sexual dimorphism in this species. Based on the clutch size, limited range, relatively low fecundity, and agricultural practices in their habitats, we consider that I. kodaguensis is highly threatened when compared to other striped ichthyophiids from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.
