Ichthyophis benjii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Ichthyophiidae
Genus: Ichthyophis
Species:

Name

Ichthyophis benjii Lalremsanga, Purkayastha, Biakzuala, Vabeiryureilai, Muansanga & Hmar, 2021: 199

  • Holotype: MZMU 1479, adult ♂, collected by Lal Biakzuala on 12 August 2019.
  • 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”.

References

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Vernacular names

  • English: Benji's Striped Caecilian