''Ichthyophis davidi'', the Chorla giant striped caecilian, is a new
caecilian species of India discovered in Chorla, a village situated on the borders of
Goa,
Maharashtra
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, and
Karnataka in the
Mhadei region of India. It is one of the largest known limbless, yellow-striped caecilians from the
Western Ghats. It is named in honour of David Gower, department of zoology,
Natural History Museum, London, in recognition of his contributions to Indian caecilian studies. The discovery was made by researchers Gopalakrishna Bhatta of the department of biology, BASE Educational Services Private Limited, Bengaluru; K. P. Dinesh and C. Radhakrishnan of western ghats regional centre, Calicut; P. Prashanth of Agumbe Rainforest Research Station, Agumbe; and Nirmal Kulkarni of Mhadei Research Centre, Chorla Ghat.
References
External links
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/david-gower.html
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