Ichthyophis benjii Lalremsanga, Purkayastha, Biakzuala, Mathipi, Muansanga, and Hmar, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Ichthyophiidae > Genus: Ichthyophis > Species: Ichthyophis benjii

Ichthyophis benjii Lalremsanga, Purkayastha, Biakzuala, Mathipi, Muansanga, and Hmar, 2021, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 15 (2: e288): 199. Holotype: MZMU 1479, by original designation. Type locality: "a soil pit of ca. 1.5 m depth for a pillar at a construction site at Durtlang (23°47’6.58”N, 92°43’31.74”E; 1,233 m asl), Aizawl District, Mizoram, India". urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:41A96569-4F97-40CD-A47C-54F9A9E70D1C

English Names

Benji’s Caecilian (original publication). 

Benji's Striped Caecilian (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 16).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Durtland, Aizawl District, central Mizoram, India. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

The sister taxon of Ichthyophis multicolor on the basis of analysis of 16S mtDNA according to the original publication. 

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