''Chikila'' is a genus of

amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

in the order Gymnophiona (

caecilian Caecilians (; ) are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics of ...

s). It is the only genus within the family

Chikilidae Chikilidae is a family of Indian caecilians, the 10th and most recent (2012) family of caecilians (legless amphibians) to be identified, although the type species, ''Chikila fulleri'' (formerly ''Herpele fulleri'') was first described in 1904. Th ...

. All members of the genus are known from

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and

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Species

There are four recognized species:

References

Chikilidae Amphibian genera Taxa named by Sathyabhama Das Biju Taxa named by David J. Gower Taxa named by Rachunliu G Kamei {{Caecilian-stub