Uraeotyphlidae

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Indian caecilians | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Amphibia | ordo = Gymnophiona | familia = Uraeotyphlidae | familia_authority = Nussbaum, 1979 | genus = Uraeotyphlus | genus_authority = Peters, 1879 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Uraeotyphlus interruptus
Uraeotyphlus malabaricus
Uraeotyphlus menoni
Uraeotyphlus narayani
Uraeotyphlus oxyurus }}

Uraeotyphlidae is the family of Indian caecilians. There are five species of caecilians in the single genus Uraeotyphlus, found in Western Ghats in India.

Very little is known about the Uraeotyphlidae. They resemble the Ichthyophiidae, the main difference are the location of the mouth and the tentacles. All the species are rather small with a maximum length of 300 mm, and have dark gray or brown color.

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References

  • Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians." Herpetological Monographs, (3), 1-42
  • {{cite journal 
| last = San Mauro
| first = Diego
| title = Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1
| url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.014
| journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 
| volume = 33
| pages = 413-427
| year = 2004
| month = November

| coauthors = David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, Mark Wilkinson and Rafael Zardoya }}

  • {{cite journal 
| last = San Mauro
| first = Diego
| title = Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea
| url = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AN/journal/issues/v165n5/40546/40546.html
| journal = American Naturalist
| volume = 165
| pages = 590-599
| year = 2005
| month = May

| coauthors = Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer }}

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