Uraeotyphlus narayani Seshachar, 1939a
Narayan’s caecilian, Kannan caecilian
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1939 or before
Rediscovered or relocated or never missing
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Kerala, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
UMMZ 139811 (skull) (Nussbaum, 1979:1)
UMMZ 146887 (skull) (Nussbaum, 1979:1)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Seshachar, B. R. (1939a). On a new species of Uraeotyphlus from South India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Section B 9: 224-228.
Other references:
Akbarsha, M. A., Jancy, G. M., Smita, M., & Oommen, O. V. (2006). Caecilian male Müllerian gland, with special reference to Uraeotyphlus narayani. In J.-M. Exbrayat (Ed.), “Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Gymnophiona (Caecilians)” (pp. 157e182). Enfield, NH: Science Publishers Inc.
Bhatta, G. (1997). Caecilian diversity of the Western Ghats: In search of the rare animals. Current Science [1997]: 183-187.
Bhatta, G. (1998). A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Biosciences 23(1): 73-85.
Chanda, S. K. (2002). Handbook - Indian Amphibians. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.
Dutta, S. K. (1997). Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House, Bhubaneswar.
Sushil Dutta, Gopalakrishna Bhatta, David Gower, Mark Wilkinson, Oommen V. Oommen. (2004). Uraeotyphlus narayani. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 February 2013.
Ganesh, S. R. and Asokan, J. R. (2010). Catalogue of Indian herpetological specimens in the collection of the Government Museum Chennai, India. Hamadryad 35(1): 46-63.
George, J. M., Smita, M., Kadalmani, B., Girija, R., Oommen, O. V., & Akbarsha, M. A. (2004). Secretory and basal cells of the epithelium of the tubular glands in the male Mullerian gland of the caecilian Uraeotyphlus narayani (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Journal of Morphology, 262(3), 760-769.
George, J. M., Smita, M., Kadalmani, B., Girija, R., Oommen, O. V., & Akbarsha, M. A. (2005). Contribution of the secretory material of caecilian (amphibia: Gymnophiona) male Mullerian gland to motility of sperm: a study in Uraeotyphlus narayani. Journal of Morphology 263(2): 227-237.
George, J. M., Smita, M., Oommen, O. V., & Akbarsha, M. A. (2004). Histology and ultrastructure of male mullerian gland of Uraeotyphlus narayani (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Journal of Morphology 260(1): 33-56.
Gower, D. J., Kupfer, A., Oommen, O. V., Himstedt, W., Nussbaum, R. A., Loader, S. P., Presswell, B., Müller, H., Krishna, S. B., Boistel, R. and Wilkinson, M. (2002). A molecular phylogeny of ichthyophiid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): Out of India or out of southeast Asia? Procceedings of the Royal Society B 269: 1563-1569.
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Smita, M., Oommen, O. V., Jancy, M. G. and Akbarsha, M. A. (2004). Stages in spermatogenesis of two species of caecilians, Ichthyophis tricolor and Uraeotyphlus cf. narayani (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Light and electron microscopic study. Journal of Morphology 261(1): 92-104.
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