Systematics of the caecilian family Chikilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with the description of three new species of &lt;i&gt;Chikila&lt;/i&gt; from northeast India

RACHUNLIU G. KAMEI; DAVID J. GOWER; MARK WILKINSON; S. D. BIJU

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Systematics of the caecilian family Chikilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with the description of three new species of <i>Chikila</i> from northeast India

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 Jun 2013Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 3,666 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: RACHUNLIU G. KAMEI; DAVID J. GOWER; MARK WILKINSON; S. D. BIJU;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.1

Systematics of the caecilian family Chikilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with the description of three new species of <i>Chikila</i> from northeast India

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A taxonomic review of the monogeneric northeast Indian caecilian family Chikilidae is presented based on 64 specimens. Chikila fulleri (Alcock, 1904), known previously only from a single specimen collected more than 100 years ago, is re-diagnosed and characterised based on recent collections. We describe three additional species new to science, Chikila al-cocki sp. nov., Chikila darlong sp. nov., and Chikila gaiduwani sp. nov. This species-level taxonomy is consistent with mitochondrial DNA sequence data. A key to the species of Chikila is presented.

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